Pre-Owned Company Town (Hardcover) by Madeline Ashby

from STACYatUFI

When I started reading COMPANY TOWN it was nothing like I thought it would be. I found it odd and had a hard time staying in the story. I forced myself to keep going and not only did it get interesting, but I ended up enjoying it. I thought COMPANY TOWN was a bit odd and somewhat boring until Hwa...

from livingtech

Maybe I wasn't reading closely enough, but I think there are still parts of the plot here where I don't even really understand what happened. There were too many bad guys, I think, and the stuff about serial killers felt like it was maybe an intentional red herring. I think it also jumped around ...

from bucketofrhymes

I don't know how to say this without feeling like a traitor to bookworms everywhere, but I think I would enjoy Company Town more as a tv show than a book. This has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the writing itself. Company Town has a fantastic story, a gripping plot, a compelling e...

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Another of those fairly eye-opening near-future sci-fi novels that makes you wonder just how far from this kind of technology and world we really are. Hwa was a terrific, kick-ass, and fully-realized protagonist. *Heart-clutch* Ugh, her relationship with her mother. Unique setting, tons of action...

from Dabble58

A gripping Canadian tale of life in a post-oil world, where cities are established on the old oil rigs. The main character, Hwa, is a martial arts expert and security enforcer. She accepts a job from the mysterious Lynch company, protecting the youngest son. In no time at all she, and he, are fac...