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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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Love the books but completely agree. I devoured the trilogy but all of the charcters felt like cardboard cut outs. I liked the concept and the story, but hated all of the charcters and the writing in general.

[–] Wabbitsmiles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This. I absolutely loved the concept especially how book 2 and 3 turned out, not a typical sequel in a linear fashion, that blew my mind.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hated book 3, which tainted book 2 retroactively. It was just so unsatisfying.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Book 3 was trying too hard to get the snake to eat its own tail.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Bingo, good concept but probably loses something in translation I can't quite put my finger on but find a little grating.