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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Big idea sci-fi at its absolute best. Stunning concepts on almost every page. There's some very fun meta stuff going on, with qntm playing with how they present their work
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It was a good read, the last few chapters required a few re-reads to understand.
But a mind-bending thriller & a fun read.
But a mind-bending thriller & a fun read.
adventurous
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Incredibly disjointed, especially to begin. Characters lacked distinguishing characteristics, and sometimes didn't appear for several sections at a time, hard to keep straight. Became nearly incomprehensible to me - everything might as well have been magic in the final quarter. Hard to keep the central conflict straight. Equally hard not to compare it to Ra, which was better in just about every way. The superheroes with ascending power levels aspect was intriguing, but abandoned, by the second half the Powers aren't really even that important. Had some clever ideas, and some intense fight and destruction scenes, which were all well done, but not enough to save it.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Genuinely one of the most scatter-shot and overall confusing books I've ever read, yet I just couldn't help but kind of enjoy myself! For every new character I couldn't keep track of, or yet another baffling pacing choice, there was incredibly well written and interesting spots of sci-fi in there.
I'm definitely more on qntm's wavelength when it comes to their short stories, as their ability to come up with interesting sci-fi premises and worlds is almost unparalleled. But they definitely need some work in making their full length novels easier to read and follow. Probably gonna wait on Antimemetics until V2 gets published by an actual publisher with professional editors.
I'm definitely more on qntm's wavelength when it comes to their short stories, as their ability to come up with interesting sci-fi premises and worlds is almost unparalleled. But they definitely need some work in making their full length novels easier to read and follow. Probably gonna wait on Antimemetics until V2 gets published by an actual publisher with professional editors.