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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A tense and creepy sci-fi horror mystery with a great premise and a constant undercurrent of suspense and paranoia.
The format and framing device of found letters is more interesting in concept than execution - in practise, not much is done with the epistolary form; you can call them letters, but these are just passages of prose with cliffhangers at the end of each chapter.
The characters are fun but often fall into melodramatic roles delivering clunky exposition between the action, and the horror is ultimately undercut by overexplanation by the end and some tired tropes underpinning everything.
The most effective parts of the book are the flashbacks to a tragedy from the protagonist's past, the horror more relatable for being mundane rather than supernatural, but there are some page-turning action sequences keeping the main plot moving.
Uktimately it's a good read -the author's enthusiasm for the central conceit will keep you reading through the clunkier elements of characterisation and dialogue.
The format and framing device of found letters is more interesting in concept than execution - in practise, not much is done with the epistolary form; you can call them letters, but these are just passages of prose with cliffhangers at the end of each chapter.
The characters are fun but often fall into melodramatic roles delivering clunky exposition between the action, and the horror is ultimately undercut by overexplanation by the end and some tired tropes underpinning everything.
The most effective parts of the book are the flashbacks to a tragedy from the protagonist's past, the horror more relatable for being mundane rather than supernatural, but there are some page-turning action sequences keeping the main plot moving.
Uktimately it's a good read -the author's enthusiasm for the central conceit will keep you reading through the clunkier elements of characterisation and dialogue.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Despicably bad. I was recommended this book by New Scientist, I will no longer be doing so. Horribly written, there was promise in the novelty of some ideas but those are squandered in this atrocious garbage fire of a book.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn’t like the letter format, it made it kinda boring and I never felt intrigued to pick it up