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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was hilarious in the beginning, but by the time they got to the mall I was pretty done. I think it's way too long. It reminded me of Jason Pargin.
I'm glad they figure out where the jam came from and stuff, but I hated Tom's arc and everything that happened at the end with Mary. Poor baby didn't deserve that.
Some of the references and descriptions haven't aged well at all, and those kind of brought me out of it for a bit.
Some of the references and descriptions haven't aged well at all, and those kind of brought me out of it for a bit.
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Un planteamiento interesante que se ríe del subgénero del apocalipsis zombie. Muchas buenas ideas pero falla un poco en cuanto a la ejecución. Entretenido, pero, podría haber sido mejor.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really really enjoyed this. I read Mogworld previously, and I thought it was a bit clunky but still very enjoyable. Jam, however, is a marked improvement. It's got a more energetic pace, better humour, more compelling characters, and was just overall just a better novel. A few of the issues present in Mogworld make their way here, namely the constant locational back-and-forth and the story dragging a little before the final act, but I don't think they're deal breakers by any stretch. Overall, solid recommendation if you're a fan of Yahtz's writing in other avenues.
This was an excellent book. It felt like it sagged a bit in the middle, but only a little. "Will Save the Galaxy forFood" was better, but this was funny, thrilling, well constructed and with believable, three dimensional characters.
The first few chapters and the last third of the book were fantastic.
Definitely worth a read.
The first few chapters and the last third of the book were fantastic.
Definitely worth a read.
The premise for this book is amazing. It seems rare to find a truly novel plot to an apocalypse story and this one is good. It starts off really funny, but the jokes get old and repetitive and sometimes don't land at all. It's also definitely a product of its time as a lot of the jokes that don't land are the same ones that were potentially in Reddit threads in the mid-00s. There's also multiple uses of the r-slur and fatphobia (especially referring to women) that are all completely unnecessary for the plot.
I wish I didn't feel so "eh" about this book, but I think that's a pretty fair way of stating it, because it kind of puttered listlessly to an end in the same way that I'm puttering listlessly in this textbox. I'm not unfamiliar with the idea of populating a story with irritating or stupid characters to input humor (see: Arrested Development, Fawlty Towers, even Hitchhiker's Guide), but the personality flaws for the characters didn't create charm, they just read like "some people" with a few gimmicks. Which is actually surprising to come out of Yahtzee, considering his perpetual dislike of the common masses and considers them rather dull things to base a story on, and yet here he's done exactly that. Hmm.
Though there's nothing in this book that's flagrantly bad, and honestly I would give it a read through, because it's got an interesting premise and the two different settlements are rather funny, but it's just not a book that manages to make you like the characters in any way, shape, or form and want to see them out to the end. It's really more about the apocalypse than the people in it, and the people in it go onnnn.
Which may be the basis for why eventually I felt like the book couldn't seem to figure out an ending. It was like as though Yahtzee cottoned on right as the end was coming that these characters were acting stupid for the sake of acting stupid, dropping into constant happenstance, not through any particular idiotic thinking but for idiotic thinking that might make sense and been vital to the plot but in the end just... didn't. I did like the confrontation of Tim and Travis, but otherwise the jam was to Travis as Bioshock was to Jack. The story of the world and not the character, except in this Bioshock you don't really care about Andrew Ryan or Fontaine or anyone. They don't evoke any emotion other than irritation and occasionally a laugh. Maybe the focus on the settings is why the endings of both rather suck, because you don't particularly care about a conclusion for the main character.
I would read it at least once. It is rather funny before it peters off.
Though there's nothing in this book that's flagrantly bad, and honestly I would give it a read through, because it's got an interesting premise and the two different settlements are rather funny, but it's just not a book that manages to make you like the characters in any way, shape, or form and want to see them out to the end. It's really more about the apocalypse than the people in it, and the people in it go onnnn.
Which may be the basis for why eventually I felt like the book couldn't seem to figure out an ending. It was like as though Yahtzee cottoned on right as the end was coming that these characters were acting stupid for the sake of acting stupid, dropping into constant happenstance, not through any particular idiotic thinking but for idiotic thinking that might make sense and been vital to the plot but in the end just... didn't. I did like the confrontation of Tim and Travis, but otherwise the jam was to Travis as Bioshock was to Jack. The story of the world and not the character, except in this Bioshock you don't really care about Andrew Ryan or Fontaine or anyone. They don't evoke any emotion other than irritation and occasionally a laugh. Maybe the focus on the settings is why the endings of both rather suck, because you don't particularly care about a conclusion for the main character.
I would read it at least once. It is rather funny before it peters off.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes