Maker Space Rachel Peng Volume 2 K B Spangler 9780984737567 Books
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Conspiracies, political cover-ups, acts of terrorism... As one of the first cyborgs employed by the federal government, Rachel Peng though she had already lived through it all. Then, without warning, fourteen blocks of downtown Washington D.C. are gone, blown apart by bombs unlike anything Rachel has ever seen. The evidence is even more troubling, with each new clue suggesting their own people might be behind the attack.
Rachel and her partner, Detective Raul Santino, might not believe that the Department of Homeland Security is responsible, but the rest of the country does. As tensions mount and the city begins to burn, Rachel learns that none of her usual investigatory techniques apply--for the first time in her long career as a cop, finding the bad guys might not be as important as learning why they wanted the public to rise up against their own government.
But even if Rachel and Santino can discover the killer's motive, it might be too late to stop what he's put into motion.
Maker Space Rachel Peng Volume 2 K B Spangler 9780984737567 Books
I'm a regular reader of K.B.'s "A Girl and Her Fed" so reading her novels was a must, although time hasn't allowed me to do so as much as I'd like. That said, "Maker Space" is an excellent book, well-written and with a story paced that it sucks you in from the start and keeps you sucked in, keeping tightly to the main story while allowing a little "breather" with small asides that help further flesh out Rachel Peng. Rachel herself is easy to like; she's strong, determined, able to overcome a lot that's thrown in her way (be it physical, mental or procedural) and keep going. At the same time she remains compassionate, caring and most decidedly, human. Thankfully she doesn't fall to the "tough girl" tropes of being unsmiling, man-eating, hard-drinking, etc. that are too often the norm for such characters. It keeps her real, and it keeps her interesting.As for the story itself, it's full of twists and turns to keep you guessing who the bad guys really are and what their motivations are; the reveal, when it comes, is interesting because it's both out of left field and yet so spot on sensible you can't help but smile at the cleverness of it. All in all this is a great read and even if you aren't a fan of the strip, it's worth picking up, though I recommend starting with "Digital Divide" first to let you get to know many of the secondary characters, as well.
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Maker Space Rachel Peng Volume 2 K B Spangler 9780984737567 Books Reviews
I was impressed with so many things while reading this. It has been hard for a book to keep my attention, and I read this one through as soon as I had the download.
While I have already read Digital Divide and A Girl and Her Fed, Maker Space felt like it could stand on its own, neither drowning me in repeats of old information, nor leaving a new reader lost and unsupported. Best of all is how even side characters insist on being more than placeholders, while the people we spend most of our time with are just that - people, with joy and shame, boredom and passion, histories, reasons and irrationalities all mixing together.
AAA+ rating, will read again.
This is my review from the third book -- and contains spoilers.
My enjoyment of this series declined with each book. They are all fast paced and easy to read. The first supposed that you knew something about the socio-political setting that was established in the author's comic strip. Enough background was dropped in here and there so you could piece it all together on the fly. The characters were interesting enough that you wanted to see how they deal with things. The second book introduced some new characters and slightly developed the existing ones. The arc of the story was interesting until the deus ex machina ending. Hope for better in the third book was misplaced. The mystery in this story does get to "who dun it" and how it was dun but now why it was dun. The object turns out to be a mcguffin. The third story ends with teasers for further books.
Wait until the author gets to a third act - and gives us an ending - then buy and read these books.
Maker Space picks up pretty quickly in the universe of `A Girl and Her Fed' as well as Digital Divide. Digital Divide is the first of Spangler's books in the series and takes care of the majority of world building necessary to understand the intricacies of her universe. Allow me to sum up
Essentially the United States Government decided to input chips in to people's heads that allowed them to interact with machines. ANY machine that uses electronic processing -from cell phones to power stations to laptops - can interact with this chip. It's an amazing piece of technology and the Government wanted to use it as a sort of secret weapon. Instead the users who didn't go insane banded together and outed the effort forming OACET - the Office of Adaptive and Complementary Enhancement Technologies - without asking permission. Things go steadily interesting from there.
Rachel Peng is one of these OACET agents and she seems to get stuck with all of the `fun' jobs. This time she is investigating a bombing that occurred in our nation's capitol - an investigation that seems to be pointing at our own military as being responsible. Throughout the book we follow Rachel's investigation as well as her thoughts and interactions with the community. Spangler does an excellent job of conveying the different personalities and interactions that people have with their `new' cyborg brethren.
The novel is an interesting one and Peng is an interesting protagonist. While Digital Divide offered an interesting premise, I would argue that many of the characters involved, including Peng herself, were a bit on the flat side and, occasionally, repetitive. This has been fixed tremendously in Maker Space. Now that Spangler has established the universe, she gets to play with the characters and their morals.
That play is where the majority of the novel takes place. Yes, it's a procedural story, but the characters and their interactions are at the heart of it and those interactions are fascinating. You have Peng as our filter to see the world through and the irony of her being blind is not lost on the reader. We're only seeing what she can see, and what she can see is, in many ways, more intimate than what a sighted person can - even though many organizations would not see it that way.
We also meet a number of her colleagues in the police department (she's a liason between OACET and the DC police) and Spangler does a good job of differentiating the different officers and agents that Peng interacts with. Of special interest is Peng's partner in the police. He is one of the few people that Rachel has trusted with her secret of being blind and also one of the few that she listens to an has direct admiration for. He's also a maker, a term I haven't heard before but appears to be based on actual spaces spread around the country. That Spangler has found this community and woven it in to the story. It is done with a great deal of respect, but not fawing - a delicate balance for a creator to reach and make feel authentic. Spangler's authenticity comes through quite well. It helps to have a charming person like Santino to experience the community with and through.
There are also a number of `extras' that pop in and out throughout the investigation. It's the usual group of suspects, informants, and plot developers and each is interesting in their own ways. They don't get the full on development that Santino and Peng get, but they each have their motives and personalities. They aren't supposed to be as well developed as Santino and Peng, but they can be just as entertaining and interesting as the pair.(A few of the `cameos' from her webcomic are slighted slightly in development, but that makes sense - they are supposed to be cameos and their development is left to Spangler's webcomic.)
On the whole, this is an excellent book and is a fascinating read for fans of `A Girl and Her Fed' and an even more exciting read for those that are not. It stands excellently on its own and is a great investigation novel. I enjoyed it tremendously and look forward to the next installment.
Writing 5/5
Characterization 5/5
Plot 4.5/5
Flow 4/5
Value 5/5
Total rating 4.85/5
I'm a regular reader of K.B.'s "A Girl and Her Fed" so reading her novels was a must, although time hasn't allowed me to do so as much as I'd like. That said, "Maker Space" is an excellent book, well-written and with a story paced that it sucks you in from the start and keeps you sucked in, keeping tightly to the main story while allowing a little "breather" with small asides that help further flesh out Rachel Peng. Rachel herself is easy to like; she's strong, determined, able to overcome a lot that's thrown in her way (be it physical, mental or procedural) and keep going. At the same time she remains compassionate, caring and most decidedly, human. Thankfully she doesn't fall to the "tough girl" tropes of being unsmiling, man-eating, hard-drinking, etc. that are too often the norm for such characters. It keeps her real, and it keeps her interesting.
As for the story itself, it's full of twists and turns to keep you guessing who the bad guys really are and what their motivations are; the reveal, when it comes, is interesting because it's both out of left field and yet so spot on sensible you can't help but smile at the cleverness of it. All in all this is a great read and even if you aren't a fan of the strip, it's worth picking up, though I recommend starting with "Digital Divide" first to let you get to know many of the secondary characters, as well.
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