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erniertl's review
3.0
I love this author but I just couldn't get into this book. I guess because it is so unremittingly bleak.
fil's review
3.0
While this was compelling and held my interest till the very end, there was something amiss. Lack of relatable protagonist, lack of originality, gratuitous violence and no real closure are not impediments to my enjoyment of any book but here the combination kept nagging at me. Novels I cannot put down, like this one, are usually 4 or 5 stars but the above-mentioned faults (and, towards the end, a big one*) lead me to rate this 3 stars. Why I found this so compelling is somewhat of a mystery to me but it is what it is.
Some good points were: the different kinds of survival, most characterizations (except the 'beautiful but kinda empty blonde' and the 'dick politician' stereotypes) and the weird love/hate relationship between Berk and Sadonya. Overall this is good, but with only a few minors alterations (or omissions) it could have become a classic in the genre.
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* Wood's decision to have Berk 'like' being raped, by a woman, is disgusting. I am soooooo fucking happy to see women can be just as stupid and ignorant as men about this subject. Bra-fuckin'-vo!
Some good points were: the different kinds of survival, most characterizations (except the 'beautiful but kinda empty blonde' and the 'dick politician' stereotypes) and the weird love/hate relationship between Berk and Sadonya. Overall this is good, but with only a few minors alterations (or omissions) it could have become a classic in the genre.
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* Wood's decision to have Berk 'like' being raped, by a woman, is disgusting. I am soooooo fucking happy to see women can be just as stupid and ignorant as men about this subject. Bra-fuckin'-vo!
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