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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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I thought it sucked ass too. Supposedly the second and third books are better.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Absolutely not.

I loved the first book. The second book is all set up, it's only good if the third book pays off. It didn't. Big let down imo. Cool ideas, but not satisfying narratively or emotionally