Hiram Granville, a modern Leonardo, secured more than a thousand patents during his lifetime, often just ahead of others who had already been working the same ideas. His son John, an economics genius, never lost a cent in the stock market or any other financial deal and was investigated for insider trading on more than one occasion. Now Cat, a documentarian; her researcher, Mercy; and Cracker Jack, an electronics whiz, are preparing to do a documentary about the Granville clan. What they find as they research the family is madness, suicide, a seemingly total seclusion, and a frightening glimpse about what it means to peer into the future.
It is a novella and it’s tough to talk about the plot without giving too much away. The concept is
My main complaint has to do with the lack of development of the characters. They went through the motions, and I will say the plot had a few twists I didn’t see coming, but I didn’t understand why Cat and, especially Mercy, cared so much. Yes, she spent an afternoon with the man before he dies, but why was that enough for her to change her whole life?
The first half was quite interesting right off the bat and showed a lot of promise, while the second half seemed to have been rushed by squandering all the potential and groundwork laid out the first half accomplished.
My rating ★★☆☆☆ (2 out of 5 stars) - It was ok.
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