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My rating is 4.5 stars

As with many dystopian novels, the world of Enclave was a militant society ruled by the strong preying on the weak. An entire section of the population was targeted for experiments to see how those in power could exploit their abilities. . .

I receive newsletters from this author and read in a recent one about the inspiration for this book. Before then, it really wasn’t even on my radar to read. While I do enjoy some dystopian stories, I don’t usually seek them out. Strangely enough, once I read the book, I re-read the e-mail and had to really think to see how this was tied in. Then I realized. Oh. Not what I was thinking it would be but it was there. I don’t want to go into detail here – if you are interested you can follow that link to see what he had to say.

While the story wasn’t what I was expecting, I enjoyed the fast-paced adventure as Caleb, Kevin and Zeke end up on an unexpected journey to rescue Caleb’s childhood friend, Maddie. There were plenty of elements of danger as they were being hunted.

I found the characters endearing and was cheering for them along the way.

A number of things about this world were not explained or were not explained in great detail. For some readers, I know that can be an issue. I didn’t find this to be a distraction or a detraction and was able to immerse myself into the story.

The ending did feel abrupt, but this isn’t totally uncommon. The conflict was mostly resolved and the ending showed the resolution of the last part of that conflict. It appears that the author wanted to allow the reader to fill in their own details about what happened next instead of tying everything up with a neat bow. There was a preview of another book that appears to be of a similar story-line in a different part of the state, and though it doesn’t indicate this anywhere, this might be the first book in a new series. I guess time will tell.

I was given a copy of this book for free. I was not required to give a favorable review nor was any money received for this review. All comments and opinions are my own.


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Enclave Thomas Locke 9780800727918 Books Reviews

So I hate reading books out of order, like a LOT. Consequently, my favorite thing about Goodreads is that it (usually) tells me when a book is part of a series. According to Goodreads, Enclave is NOT such a book. The problem is – it felt like a book that was part of a series.

There’s a lot going for this book. The premise is great. Set around a century after the “Great Crash,” America looks nothing like it does today. Instead, a lack of electricity and gasoline means that people have gone back to doing things the old-fashioned way. And instead of a central government over a bunch of states, there are lots of city-states known as enclaves. Each enclave has its own rules and its own hierarchy. And much like the wild west, in this America, the strongest rule.

So great premise, right? The problem is, I got most of that from the synopsis of the book, not from the book itself. While I sometimes enjoy the world-building method that doesn’t specifically explain things, but instead allows the reader to observe how things work, unfortunately Locke doesn’t particularly do either. There aren’t any explanations at all, and there isn’t always anything clear to observe. For instance, everyone is riding horses. Then, later, some of the characters ride a Greyhound bus (albeit an old, decrepit one). So… there is some gas? Where is it? Why doesn’t everyone have access to it any more? Is it just really expensive? Do we just not have contact with any Middle Eastern countries any more? If it’s so expensive, how can people afford to ride a bus?

It also seems crazy to me that people seem to know how to do stuff again, like make their own clothes/shoes, forage in the woods, make whisky, whatever. I don’t really know a lot of people who can do those things, and I live in a pretty rural area. It seems like if there really was a “Great Crash” (which is also never explained – was it a financial crash? Another dust bowl? All the power grids collapsed? A nuclear bomb? ??????), there would also end up being a significant amount of death, because I’m not really sure how people would survive if suddenly no one had access to a supermarket. I realize this book is set a hundred years after said Crash, but it honestly still seems like the population would be struggling to catch back up.

I really liked the characters, and I liked the direction Locke went with the story, but I was constantly distracted by questions that were never answered, which really detracted from the enjoyment of this read. It really felt like this was the second or third book in a series. Even the way the characters were introduced felt like I should already kinda sorta know about them.

Still, I was set to give this book a solid 3.5* until the end. The end just… stops. Nothing is resolved. I mean literally nothing. It’s like Locke had a limit on how many pages he could have in his book, and he just wrote until he got there and then just stopped. I presuming – hoping?! – that this is the first book in a series. If so, I would rate this book slightly higher. But if this is genuinely a standalone book, it really lacks credible world-building and any conclusions to the plot lines followed.

I really did enjoy this book while I was reading it, and would definitely read another book in a series. But as a standalone, I wouldn’t come back to this one.

NB This book was provided to me free of charge from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
My rating is 4.5 stars

As with many dystopian novels, the world of Enclave was a militant society ruled by the strong preying on the weak. An entire section of the population was targeted for experiments to see how those in power could exploit their abilities. . .

I receive newsletters from this author and read in a recent one about the inspiration for this book. Before then, it really wasn’t even on my radar to read. While I do enjoy some dystopian stories, I don’t usually seek them out. Strangely enough, once I read the book, I re-read the e-mail and had to really think to see how this was tied in. Then I realized. Oh. Not what I was thinking it would be but it was there. I don’t want to go into detail here – if you are interested you can follow that link to see what he had to say.

While the story wasn’t what I was expecting, I enjoyed the fast-paced adventure as Caleb, Kevin and Zeke end up on an unexpected journey to rescue Caleb’s childhood friend, Maddie. There were plenty of elements of danger as they were being hunted.

I found the characters endearing and was cheering for them along the way.

A number of things about this world were not explained or were not explained in great detail. For some readers, I know that can be an issue. I didn’t find this to be a distraction or a detraction and was able to immerse myself into the story.

The ending did feel abrupt, but this isn’t totally uncommon. The conflict was mostly resolved and the ending showed the resolution of the last part of that conflict. It appears that the author wanted to allow the reader to fill in their own details about what happened next instead of tying everything up with a neat bow. There was a preview of another book that appears to be of a similar story-line in a different part of the state, and though it doesn’t indicate this anywhere, this might be the first book in a new series. I guess time will tell.

I was given a copy of this book for free. I was not required to give a favorable review nor was any money received for this review. All comments and opinions are my own.