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kaleereads's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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? It's complicated
2.5
rosemin's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
deansrummer's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
emianner's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sabrina_michelle11's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Giant snoozefest.
attackofthetitans's review against another edition
3.0
Good premise. Ending was unsettling and didn't answer my questions.
ichthygirl's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
5.0
lamentconfiguration's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I've read a lot of decent books lately but none of them have given me the feeling that I genuinely could not put it down. I could not put this down. I knew I would keep thinking about it, like a hamster on a wheel, ruminating, theorising, until I knew what had happened to the cast of "Fade to Black". Like Claire Kirklin, I was on this bus and I wasn't getting off it for anything.
I knew I would love this book from the first couple of chapters. I was in awe of it, for what I thought were stylistic reasons -- fun reality-show character dynamics, the deft translation of the language of found footage cinema into prose -- but as the pages turned and shit started to get real, I began to imagine that I had felt the pull of this book's climactic final 100 pages, that I'd felt the call, that I was following a deep, visceral impulse. "I could tell from the beginning that I was going to love this book" is how I was drafting my review whilst I was still in the book's first act. By the third act, I felt more like "I could tell this book was written for me".
Trying to pinpoint and explain exactly what it is about Episode Thirteen that makes me feel this way, that makes all my neurons light up and dance, feels exactly like trying to decipher Claire's shifting runic wall of equations. It just hits the spot. I am the right person in the right time and place to read this book, right now. The stars are right.
(What I can say is, here are some other media I also feel this strongly about, and you might see exactly how I ended up here: the Remedy Connected Universe, Stephen King's Dark Tower saga, Uzumaki, True Detective season 1, and Alan Moore's Providence as well as his Promethea.)
When Foundation House first came alive for them, Claire is the one that laughed.
I knew I would love this book from the first couple of chapters. I was in awe of it, for what I thought were stylistic reasons -- fun reality-show character dynamics, the deft translation of the language of found footage cinema into prose -- but as the pages turned and shit started to get real, I began to imagine that I had felt the pull of this book's climactic final 100 pages, that I'd felt the call, that I was following a deep, visceral impulse. "I could tell from the beginning that I was going to love this book" is how I was drafting my review whilst I was still in the book's first act. By the third act, I felt more like "I could tell this book was written for me".
Trying to pinpoint and explain exactly what it is about Episode Thirteen that makes me feel this way, that makes all my neurons light up and dance, feels exactly like trying to decipher Claire's shifting runic wall of equations. It just hits the spot. I am the right person in the right time and place to read this book, right now. The stars are right.
(What I can say is, here are some other media I also feel this strongly about, and you might see exactly how I ended up here: the Remedy Connected Universe, Stephen King's Dark Tower saga, Uzumaki, True Detective season 1, and Alan Moore's Providence as well as his Promethea.)
When Foundation House first came alive for them, Claire is the one that laughed.
mcanika00's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25