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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
Read this back when it first came out. What a fun re-read. Visceral. Avoid the audiobook tho.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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
Needed better editing
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, War
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The good:
- interesting take on alien takeover. Found the triangles to be fun and creepy
- well paced book and good use of flipping between chick characters you follow
- gnarly deaths (not good if you don’t like gore though)
The bad:
- did the author recently get divorced and now has a grudge against his wife and women or something before writing this? Serious men writing women material here
- flat, 1 dimensional and cliche characters. Basically just the author with different names, gender, and a schtick slapped on
- nearly every male character was either blatantly or subtly misogynistic
- random and unnecessary analogies using Nazis in contexts that had nothing to with it
For me, I enjoyed it but the bad parts are hard to get past so probably won’t continue the series
- interesting take on alien takeover. Found the triangles to be fun and creepy
- well paced book and good use of flipping between chick characters you follow
- gnarly deaths (not good if you don’t like gore though)
The bad:
- did the author recently get divorced and now has a grudge against his wife and women or something before writing this? Serious men writing women material here
- flat, 1 dimensional and cliche characters. Basically just the author with different names, gender, and a schtick slapped on
- nearly every male character was either blatantly or subtly misogynistic
- random and unnecessary analogies using Nazis in contexts that had nothing to with it
For me, I enjoyed it but the bad parts are hard to get past so probably won’t continue the series
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Vomit
Minor: Racism, Xenophobia
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Scott Sigler wrote this book about 20 years ago, and it reads like it was written 20 years ago. It’s not bad just not my cup of tea.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism
Minor: War
After 45%, I cut loose. Maybe, the story would have been better had the author got a real voice actor to do the book. Maybe not. I wasn't a fan. At all.
Story was OK but all the characters were terrible. Unnecessary homophobia, racism, ableism, and misogyny. Doesn’t know how to write a female character. Don’t know if I’ll continues the series
I was promised gore, violence, and an un-put-downable horror/thrill ride and it was just unfortunately boring. There wasn't enough gore and violence to be the type of book where you just turn off your brain and go for a ride. The twist did seem interesting but not enough for me to continue on with the series because of all the other shortcomings.
