Snapshot eBook Brandon Sanderson
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If you could re-create a day, what dark secrets would you uncover?
From New York Times #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other. Anthony Davis and his partner Chaz are the only real people in a city of 20 million, sent there by court order to find out what happened in the real world 10 days ago so that hidden evidence can be brought to light and located in the real city today.
Within the re-created Snapshot of May 1st, Davis and Chaz are the ultimate authorities. Flashing their badges will get them past any obstruction and overrule any civil right of the dupes around them. But the crimes the detectives are sent to investigate seem like drudgery—until they stumble upon the grisly results of a mass killing that the precinct headquarters orders them not to investigate. That’s one order they have to refuse.
The hunt is on. And though the dupes in the replica city have no future once the Snapshot is turned off, that doesn’t mean that both Davis and Chaz will walk out of it alive tonight.
Film rights have now been optioned by MGM, with Broken Road Productions and Entertainment 360 producing.
Snapshot eBook Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson is a fantastic author. You may have read his full length novels, but if you have not gotten into his novellas and short stories you certainly should. He has a light touch when it comes to plot development and surprises. He never treats the reader as a child. He drops little bits of information for you to pick up and hold onto throughout the story. If you do so, you are always rewarded.
This story is no different. I loved it. I only read a book or story more than once if it is exceptional. I think I will return to this one next year
This novella length story by Brandon Sanderson presented an interesting concept but the characters left something to be desired. I never connected with either of them and, in fact, pretty much thoroughly disliked one of them. Some aspects of the story didn't hold up if you thought them through to their logical conclusion and while I didn't get all the details right about the twist, I was in the ballpark.
Great little novella. A nice mix between cyberpunk, crime noir and dystopian future (Past?) all mixed together.
The two cops were quite believable which is critical for the reader to buy into the world the story takes place in. Nothing is real, it's a snapshot of a single day in the city, recreated so two cops can go back in time to find clues to solve crimes back in IRL - In Real Life. The problem is, their very presence changes what happened during the day they have been sent to investigate.
There are plenty of twists and the story moves quickly as do the changes in the people occupying the story. Great read for an evening or if your a passenger on a drive lasting several hours.
I've read almost everything from Brandon, and I've love almost all of it. This story didn't settle with me like others have. Not sure why. I just never really cared about the characters. The story is really interesting and creative. The plot moves along. But I never really cared about the characters so this isn't at the top of Sanderson favorites.
A snapshot is taken of day inside a city. Everything about that day is replicated into a virtual image and detectives are placed on "snapshot" duty to investigate crimes that took place the day that was snapshotted. People outside the snapshot know about it and it's implementation is highly controversial because if anything is changed from how things were originally done that day, people and events deviate. Davis and Chaz are two detectives following a lead when they discover building that has a pool in the basement. This pool is filled with dead bodies. Having not been given clearance to investigate this crime, their interests are peaked and take it upon themselves to investigate who murdered all of these people in the pool.
This is a multilevel, science fiction, crime thriller in traditional Brandon Sanderson fashion. For a story that is just under 100 pages, it is rich in detail and character development. Davis conveys his humanity intermittently throughout this story that only adds to his character. We also get some back story on both Davis and Chaz and how each ended up on "snapshot duty". There are so many twists and turns, things that threw me through a loop. Brandon Sanderson layers everything so perfectly and it really makes the story come together. This story was well framed and left very few questions unanswered.
While I am not a huge fan of short stories overall, Brandon Sanderson never fails to bring something unique and interesting to the table and I will forever read anything and everything he writes. This story is just one more example of how talented he is.
Detectives Davis and Chaz work Snapshots. Snapshots are re-creations of entire days that look and feel real. The general public was so concerned about privacy and security due to the accuracy and level of detail in the Snapshots, so they are locked down and only used when a judge rules it necessary for solving a court case. Davis and Chaz have been sent in on a homicide case to establish an eyewitness for the event and maybe find where the perpetrator stashed the weapon. But they stumble onto another case while in there, a huge case that they’ve for some reason been locked out of.
Brandon Sanderson at his mystery best. Throw in a little futuristic tech, play with peoples’ minds a little bit, and write a twisty mystery that sucks you right in. I didn’t see all the twists coming, which I enjoy, and I liked the future tech Sanderson dreamed up. I had a little bit of trouble keeping Davis and Chaz straight, but I think that’s partly because I read this on my phone whenever I had little bits of time to kill so it was quite broken up until I got so hooked I devoured the end. It’s best to go into this not knowing much about it. Recommended to those who like near future scifi tech with a murder mystery thrown in that’s not quite like anything you’ve ever read before (except for maybe a teensy bit like Inception).
Notes on content A few swear words. No sex scenes. A few murders, but they are of constructs of people rather than real people…still, some are a bit twisted.
Sanderson is his usual convoluted self in this near-future detective story. There are multiple twists, layers of meaning, some plot devices you see coming and some that you don't. I can't say I enjoyed this as much as The Emperor's Soul or other shorter works by Sanderson, but it is interesting and thought-provoking. If you're a fan or a completionist, it's definitely worth getting.
If you're not a Sanderson fan already, frankly, I'd start out with the Mistborn novels or The Emperor's Soul, though, and not Snapshot. This story is much different from Sanderson's usual fare. While this has a Bladerunner/Minority Report aftertaste for me, it's not quite up to his usual standards. Or maybe it was just too short. 4.5 stars.
I'm a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson, and this short story is exactly why I love his work. Beautifully conceived places, immersive story and intriguing relationships between people. The technology is fascinating, well thought out and has limitations that makes sense. This is what I expect from a Sanderson novel, and it's exactly what was delivered.
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