The large initial cast is difficult for me to get a grasp on. There are approximately ten main characters, and at least four side characters that appear in each episode. The author rarely focuses on one group for longer than a page, sometimes flipping back and forth between cliques as many as three times in one page. With that much jumping back and forth, it’s hard to get a feel for the characters, not to mention what’s going on. It took me a second and third read to start to feel out who some of the characters were, asides from the main characters.
The fact that several of the main characters have similar/the same names (two Kates and a Kathryn, an Ekaterina and a Katerina—I’m still not sure if those two are supposed to be the same people or not, two Olivers—though these ARE technically the same person even if they have different bodies, etc) just adds to the confusion. After awhile I start to skip to the scenes with my favorite characters, which ended up leaving me feeling clueless about the over-arching plot.
Both a good and bad thing: there are lots of references to pop culture. “Heroes,” “Buffy,” “Dexter,” “Saw,” “Supernatural,” and a few others all make their way into the first few episodes. Which isn’t bad if you understand the references, but can leave people clueless if they haven’t seen the movie/show. On the other hand, I suppose them’s the cards when dealing with pop culture.
The writing’s not bad, and the plotting’s pretty decent, when it’s not quoting rewritten Heroes concepts as something new. The storyline takes some wild twists, and the characters are always involved in interesting dilemmas. The pacing has moments of sheer beauty, and it feels very much like this could be something that I sit down to watch every Monday night with a huge bag of popcorn. Enjoyable, good cliffhangers between episodes, and each episode is long enough to allow for character development and mentions of the over-arching plot.
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