Singularity gives me the feeling sci-fi always did when I was a kid. By the end, you have that painful and yet exultant feeling of understanding everything in the world, simply because you can't put any of it into words. A lot of the plot is internal and it may seem slow, but it is crucial to understanding the point.
The book is tightly written, only necessary things are included. Harry, his twin, takes a little longer to understand, and by the time you do understand him you realize you might not have understood Barry as well as you thought. He's cruel, self-centered, reckless, power-hungry, and he can charm or coerce anyone into doing whatever he wants. the only thing I could say when I finished the book (in one sitting of four or five hours, as I recall) was "Oh, my God."īarry is like every fantasy/sci-fi villain, only back when they were sixteen. It was ABOUT something, but something so hard to describe. but it's every reason I've ever read a book. It may be a little obscure and old, may seem like just kids sci-fi. Singularity is a science fiction book written for older kids, bordering on YA. At the farmhouse-where things mysteriously disappeared and animals suddenly aged and died-time seemed to go mad, hours rushing by like seconds. But when they went to explore the abandoned farmhouse of their eccentric uncle Ambrose, all that changed. His brother, Barry, was outgoing, arrogant, and sometimes even cruel.
To borrow from the back of the book: They were twins, but they were different as night and day.
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