The Windup Girl

It isn't often that I start a book by a new author and find myself unable to put it down. At the moment I'm about 60% into the Windup Girl (gotta love the new Kindle inspired method of gauging your progress in a book), and find myself even daydreaming about the world portrayed. Since buying the kindle I've been caught off guard quite often by how much I have read when I later check how many pages were in a book.
This is the first book by Paolo Bacigalupi that I've read and I've already decided I'll have to see what else he has written. The pacing is fantastic, the world created is immersive, and the story is tightly written with believable characters. This book really does have everything going for it so far. Hopefully he will be able to continue it until the end, I'd hate to finish this one with that often felt sense of outrage when a writer can't put together a cohesive ending.

Full review posted at:
http://www.mattsrespite.com/2012/01/windup-girl-book-review.html