A LIFE TRANSPARENT: Book One of the Monochrome Trilogy

I read 70 percent of this book in one night, and finished it up the next day. Keisling created a character who was memorable due to his being unremarkable. Donovan Candle is a stable, hardworking, average Joe who isn't the best at anything. He is mundane. He isn't living to his full potential. He's painfully ordinary.

Keisling's horror of the mundane bleeds through in this work. I found myself growing to like Donovan and especially his brother. The premise was unique and I especially liked the Cretins and The Yawning, who were different and creepy. Solidly written with an ending that satisfies. I'll be reading the rest of the Monochrome Trilogy.