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cetian's review against another edition
2.0
Didn't get the tone. Is it sarcasm, or a twisted celebration (catharsis?) of our collective/individualistic obsessive paradoxes? Again, I feel that the concept of meme is wasted. Sci-fi wise, it's a nice premise that is used in a chilled teen/catastrophe movie narrative. The dystopian analyses and insights are nowhere to be seen.
mvprince's review against another edition
3.0
Story felt incomplete. It had a beginning and a middle, but no real ending.
niche's review against another edition
1.0
Missed potential
The idea of information being able to physically alter the laerner is not new but is ripe for horror, this missed the mark for me. It felt like Clarke's Childhood's End mixed with a little Junji Ito body horror, Babel 17 or Pontypool, and some LGBT rep. How could it fail, right? I just never really got a sense of dread or horror. If anything, it felt more like an allegory for teen angst/loneliness and radicalization which failed to engage me.
The idea of information being able to physically alter the laerner is not new but is ripe for horror, this missed the mark for me. It felt like Clarke's Childhood's End mixed with a little Junji Ito body horror, Babel 17 or Pontypool, and some LGBT rep. How could it fail, right? I just never really got a sense of dread or horror. If anything, it felt more like an allegory for teen angst/loneliness and radicalization which failed to engage me.
skylarprimm's review against another edition
2.0
One star for the unremarked upon queer representation, and one star for the #GoodTimesSloth, who is pretty charming. Otherwise, meh.
cathepsut's review against another edition
Not going to rate this, as I mostly skimmed. This probably appeals to millennials and a younger crowd, I mostly didn‘t care about the story idea. I caught glimpses of something zombie-like and an end-of-the-world scenario. I think this gained a GLAAD nomination due to gay representation? What I saw wasn‘t anything spectacular. Then again, this didn‘t grab me and I just skimmed...
nyarlathotep's review against another edition
4.0
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honguan's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
sil_che_legge's review against another edition
3.0
ATTENZIONE SPOILER
2.5 stelle o poco più.
Meh. La primissima e l'ultimissima parte funzionano bene, ma ciò che sta in mezzo vacilla. I personaggi sono piatti come fogli di carta e la trama è ridotta all'osso, stiracchiata su troppe pagine. Inoltre ho trovato l'interessante premessa un'occasione sprecata: hai un mene che sfrutta la psiche dell'essere umano per riprodursi e diffondersi, è un'idea davvero figa, perché banalizzarla? Il plot twistone è meh, i messaggi subliminali sparsi ovunque e l'alieno con la fissa per la coscienza collettiva fanno molto "Essi vivono incontra I am an hero" e sanno di già visto.