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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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried to read the book but good God it was so bad and so boring it took me months to get about halfway, then the show came out and I was like 'yes! Maybe this will give me motivation!' and I couldn't be bothered to finish that either.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

exact same here. I've even tried reading it like three times

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Me too. I've tried a few times but I just can't get into it. For an occasional reader it's not for me.