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|title=Mortal Chaos
|author=Matt Dickinson
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|date=February 2012
|amazonukaznuk=<amazonuk>019275713X</amazonuk>|amazonusaznus=019275713X|cover=<amazonus>019275713X</amazonus>
|website=http://www.mattdickinson.com/
|summary=A dynamic adventure that gives you chaotically intertwined storylines, and thrills throughout. The blurb of my review copy sums it up as ''The book Jack Bauer would have read as a teenager'' – I can't really beat that.
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I understand the author's motivation for keeping the length of the book reasonably short; spending more time on building up characters might have slowed down the pacing and lessened the intensity of the story. However, I think that more character development and fleshing out of the backgrounds of the various personalities would have helped the characters feel a lot more interesting and real. If more of a chance to really connect with the characters had been provided, the conclusion could've been so much more intense and meaningful.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to The Bookbag. We also have a review of [[Mortal Chaos: Deep Oblivion by Matt Dickinson]].
[[Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking) by Patrick Ness]], which also features an alternating narrative, is the conclusion to a brilliantly original series, which I would highly recommend to those looking for intense reads. [[Danger Zone: The Devil's Breath by David Gilman]] is another piece of high-octane fiction that those who enjoy ''Mortal Chaos'' might find entertaining.
