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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didnt really understand the ending but I thought there was a lot of interesting thought provoking stuff in this story. Made me think about my relationship with my father and the possible future where you can pick all these traits for your children. Would you be grateful to your parents for making the choices they did or would you feel like you had some of your autonomy taken from you?
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
fast-paced
This short story from the amazon original stories "Forward Collection" was pretty intriguing and somewhat entertaining until the end....
In the future, genetic labs are able to help couples have children tailor-made.. not just sex and eye color, but also entire personalities. Potential parents are guided through videos of their future children's entire projected lives. The story was interesting enough but got weird at the end. I understand the point, but I did not like the execution. Overall, it's a skip. đ¤ˇââď¸
In the future, genetic labs are able to help couples have children tailor-made.. not just sex and eye color, but also entire personalities. Potential parents are guided through videos of their future children's entire projected lives. The story was interesting enough but got weird at the end. I understand the point, but I did not like the execution. Overall, it's a skip. đ¤ˇââď¸
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I frequently struggle with shorter form fiction and its often unsatisfying endings, and this was no exception. Well written, disturbing (but intended to be so), and then...meh. But I recognize that's just sort of a characteristic of the genre.
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
2.75/5 âď¸
My fourth of the Forward series going in order of length and itâs definitely a worthwhile read so far.
This one could have been a 4/5 or more if it wasnât for the poorly concluded second halfâŚhe went into the bar saw his wife with HT and then ?? Felt like this wasnât edited properly or definitely not explained properly as he went straight back in the bar and they werenât there? Did he imagine this and fall asleep? Didnât explain what he was late for as well and no proper conclusion to any of it as he never spoke to his wife so it feels unfinished.
Such a great opening and concept for Vitek to be able to âgenetically nudgeâ certain parts of DNA to influence temperament! Proper sci-fi black mirror type of concept! Has me pondering how even with the perfect nudging a child will still struggle in different ways depending on their makeup as the âprojectionsâ show, every advantage bringing with it a disadvantage! Which makes it even more frustrating that the second half was so poorly executed. Maybe the concept is too much for a short story because it feels like this could have easily been a full book.
My fourth of the Forward series going in order of length and itâs definitely a worthwhile read so far.
This one could have been a 4/5 or more if it wasnât for the poorly concluded second halfâŚhe went into the bar saw his wife with HT and then ?? Felt like this wasnât edited properly or definitely not explained properly as he went straight back in the bar and they werenât there? Did he imagine this and fall asleep? Didnât explain what he was late for as well and no proper conclusion to any of it as he never spoke to his wife so it feels unfinished.
Such a great opening and concept for Vitek to be able to âgenetically nudgeâ certain parts of DNA to influence temperament! Proper sci-fi black mirror type of concept! Has me pondering how even with the perfect nudging a child will still struggle in different ways depending on their makeup as the âprojectionsâ show, every advantage bringing with it a disadvantage! Which makes it even more frustrating that the second half was so poorly executed. Maybe the concept is too much for a short story because it feels like this could have easily been a full book.