

Lancaster does not have much time to give detailed back stories (though he does throw a few details in), and events happen so quickly once they get going that the character do not exactly have time to bond. Kyle’s narration begins on the day that everything changes, and things get intense fast. How Lancaster might have fixed this is not immediately clear. I cared about them mainly because they are human and because they are the underdogs. I was, of course, sympathetic and on their side, but my investment was not personal.

I did not feel a great emotional connection with the 0.4. Kyle and the other 0.4 must decide what future they think is best-before the rest of the world decides for them. It presents readers with a crazy alternate history and a wild possible future, in which humans suddenly seem not very human at all. Review: 0.4 is an interesting exploration of what humanity actually is, and what it would mean if we were not what we always believed. Told as a transcription of audio tapes recorded by Kyle after the events. He and the others are determined to find out what is going on, whether they are all still hallucinating from the hypnotism, or whether aliens have actually managed to take over the world. Then, Kyle overhears someone calling him a 0.4.

When they wake up, everyone else is behaving differently, and none of their technology will work. Summary: While Kyle Straker and three others are hypnotized during their village’s annual talent show, something strange happens.
