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caseythereader's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Drug use
sarah984's review
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
This book really disappointed me. None of the characters felt like real people and they were impossible to tell apart, the game did not feel like a real game (and making the game VR felt pointless), every single plan was stupid, there was no character growth, and the magic system was both barely related to linguistics (it's basically dragon shouting like in Skyrim) and impossible to understand (it just did whatever the plot needed it to do). Like outside of the purpose in which they use it in the story Headphone Splitter is a completely pointless spell that can be better accomplished by existing technology. A bunch of stuff (especially around the Scientology plotline and the nature of the punctuation marks) is brought up but never resolved.
Every character is introduced with this weird title card featuring their name, race and (presumed) pronouns but this both feels clunky and borderline offensive on occasion and highlights how almost all of the characters are cisgender white people so I'm not sure what the point was. Half the plot is descriptions of things that happened that are just glossed over.
This book feels like it really wants to be the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but it isn't.
Every character is introduced with this weird title card featuring their name, race and (presumed) pronouns but this both feels clunky and borderline offensive on occasion and highlights how almost all of the characters are cisgender white people so I'm not sure what the point was. Half the plot is descriptions of things that happened that are just glossed over.
This book feels like it really wants to be the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but it isn't.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Gun violence, Confinement, Vomit, Drug use, Violence, and Torture
Minor: Sexual content
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