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The Rig (2013)

by Joe Ducie(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1471402193 (ISBN13: 9781471402197)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Hot Key Books

review 1: It was the best book i've ever read by far, from the very first page i was hooked and every page kept me wanting more and more, I absolutely loved the story and i really want more, a sequel would be perfect, there is so much more that can happen with Will, Tristan and Irene, like what happens when they're on the run from The Alliance?, how will the Crystal X affect Drake? there is so much more that could be done with the book, my personal opinion is that a series should be made from it starring Will, Tristan and Irene. I would like to say thank you to Mr Ducie for writing such an incredible book!
review 2: Joe Ducie's debut Young Adult novel, The Rig, is about prison-break expert and anti-authoritarian teen, Will Drake. Sent to a maximum security middle-of-nowh... moreere oil rig - which has been transformed into a juvenile prison - Drake immediately yearns to escape, as he has done from every other penitentiary he's been thrown in.Written in a fast-paced, accessible voice, I enjoyed reading this book because there was a definite sense of "place" with it. I knew I was on an oil rig with all the main characters at all times; the claustrophobia and entrapment by the shadowy organisation, The Alliance, who run the prison (and apparently half the world according to the little detail we get of the outside world), comes across very well.This is a "light" dystopian sci-fi prison thriller, and Drake is a central character full of hate for authority and what they've done to him. Drake's a bit wishy-washy at times, but he gets some great one-liners and is a worthy action hero. There were times when some of the descriptions about technical equipment and the geography of where Will, Tristan and Irene (Drake's friends) were in relation to everything else on the rig got quite confusing. It did feel slightly like Ducie wasn't sure where he was on the rig in his imagination, so myself as a reader didn't either. But this was probably down to excessive equipment description and a way round it to help could be to have a blueprint of the rig at the beginning of the novel? Might be a cool idea?There were also times in the middle of the book - where the characters describe what they're in prison for, and where there is a hint of a jealous love-triangle between Irene, Tristan and Drake - that did make the story slow down to a bit of a crawl. It started feeling too long. But, when we discovered the REAL sci-fi element (the mysterious, all-powerful Crystal-X mineral which does strange things to the rig's inmates...I won't tell you what so as not to spoil the story!) the story picks up again. So much, in fact, I found myself really wanting Drake to escape so he could bring down the evil Alliance. I would say, to, that as the pace picked up I thought the book felt like a movie. The action was solid, believable and really quite epic. So, despite some really minor pace things, I loved The Rig and I'm hoping there will be a sequel. The problem is I'm not sure if this is in the pipeline (see what I did there?...rig...oil...pipeline...eurgh, okay!).I totally recommend this book for Young Adults. Go Joe Ducie! :-) less

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