Quick reaction: This book is so funny it will make you laugh until you start to cry. This is a good debut with a convincingly male narrator, but sadly it just wasn't for me. I know a lot of adults love to read within the YA genre and I wouldn't quite call this "middle grade" but it reads a bit younger than the novels I tend to prefer. For me, this strikes me as the kind of young adult book that really should stay in the teen section. Kincaid has obviously done her research here and written a story with just the right amount of sci-fi complexity combined with a light-hearted writing style that makes it very easy to digest. If your ultimate fantasy is being a kind of virtual James Bond with a whole bunch of cool tricks up your sleeves, then Insignia will be the perfect book for you. So nothing wrong if the right reader picks up this book, nothing wrong at all. Plus there's some pretty girls and silly childish humour, too. But better than that, they'll be part of a virtual reality military - total heaven for video game lovers! They'll have a specialised processor embedded in their brain so they absorb information at an unbelievable pace and rapidly become one of the smartest human beings on the planet. This is one of those particular wish fulfillment books about that special day when a member of the government walks into a kid's home and announces that they've qualified to become a member of the Intrasolar Forces (or a spy, or a secret agent, or a superhero).
In the end, I just don't care that much about gadgets and battles. But, because goodreads' rating system only allows for how much I personally enjoyed the book, I'm not prepared to go so far as to say "I liked it" and give it 3 stars, as that would be untrue.
It seems a little unfair to give this such a low rating when the only problem is that I'm obviously not the desired audience.
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