Wrapped up the first book after much struggle. Am I crazy for finding it extremely poorly written? Writing aside, the characters suck, the motivations suck, and the scenario building feels like it was tossed together by a 12 year old. I don't get the hype. Everything is paper thin. The fictional science aspect is the most compelling part but as a cohesive whole it fails to land.

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[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It happens sometimes.

I really enjoyed the movie Arrival, so I picked up the story collection it’s based on. My, what a load of genre fiction in the worst possible meaning of the word.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh no, Ted Chiang is a delight!

[–] zonnewin@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Ted Chiang is one of my favourite authors.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 0 points 1 month ago

Seriously ? I loved Tower of Babel, hate arrival the movie 😅