Humans (Volume Two of The Neanderthal Parallax)

Throughout the first book and this one, I often found myself struggling to accept Mary’s thoughts and actions. She seems like a forced character who feels what she feels and does what she does just to move the plot along.
But… I did manage to overcome this by looking at her a different way. We all know people who seem to do things out of character, or with no logical reason for their actions, and Mary is no exception. Is she a weakly written character? Maybe (but I’m no expert). Is she a believable character? Well I think so, she’s just not what I expected her to be.

Overall, the themes and subject matter of this series outweigh those potential shortcomings too much for any of that to have any bearing on my enjoyment. On to book three!

This second instalment is just as good as the first, perhaps better as the complexities of DNA, evolution and religion are out of the way. Morality is the biggy in this book, and as the earth is now potentially endangered the sequel will hopefully tie things up nicely.