“Extropia: Mind Game”
Written by Robin Bootle
Review written by Diana
Iozzia
As a fanatic of science fiction and video games, I love
to see well-presented combinations of the two. In this story, a teenager named Edward
finds out that his father and brother are trapped in a video game that they
created, with Edward and a few friends trying to save them.
I really enjoyed this book, because it used all of the
fun video game tropes and science fiction tropes in a very meta book. Edward
and the other characters embody certain characteristics that video game
characters would. The descriptions are very realistic of that a game similar to
games of “The Elder Scrolls” franchise. I also enjoyed this book, because my
boyfriend lives in Cumbria, England, and many of the places mentioned in the
book were based off certain places in Cumbria, so it was an interesting journey
to watch the characters make.
I think this book reminds me of a combination of films
and books. It’s like if Hiro from “Big Hero 6” went to find his family, but
found his way in Wonderland, with lots of fun “The Matrix” style science
fiction, with a sprinkle of “Lord of the Rings” and “Skyrim”. The side
characters are very Harry Potter-y, which is actually referenced to in the
book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Naturally, you have a really
interesting villain with interesting motives as well, which always proves for
good suspense.
I received this book as a
complementary review copy from the author.
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