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bookishraccoon's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
“Sweet Galactic Jesus”, that book was terrible!
I’m not one to leave bad reviews, so I feel awful writing this one. I had to read this one for a book club, & it was almost painful to finish.
This book follows ‘Worm’ , who just recently got out of prison. The whole premise is him trying to make it in to the halfway house before 9pm. But all sorts of weird series of events occur- people in gimp suits doing acrobatics, strange monsters, men in biomech, lots of villains plotting evil things, a weird lobotomy like procedure to remove the amygdala, & tamagotchis to name a handful of events.
With that said, I’m normally all for random concepts - but this book just didn’t make sense to me. It just sounds like bad drug trip, but the tone of the book is just strange to me. It goes in so many directions, it’s almost like the author didn’t quite know where to go with it. Reading it just feels almost like a jumbled mess, and it’s hard to follow what’s going on half the time. The dialogue is painful to suffer through, and a lot of the story just feels empty.
Not much really goes on throughout the story, with a series of odd events here & there. The lobotomy scene I’ll call it doesn’t make sense, & the way the characters react about it takes away from the serious moment. It just feels goofy instead of shocking.
I think the author was trying too hard to sound intelligent, by the overuse of medical terminology in segments. Between that & the slang that would be used throughout. Things like that will take your reader out of immersion.
I could ramble on & on, but I feel like I’ve said enough already…
So yeah, those are my thoughts on this one! If you actually enjoyed this one, then I won’t stop ya! This one personally just wasn’t for me.
I’m not one to leave bad reviews, so I feel awful writing this one. I had to read this one for a book club, & it was almost painful to finish.
This book follows ‘Worm’ , who just recently got out of prison. The whole premise is him trying to make it in to the halfway house before 9pm. But all sorts of weird series of events occur- people in gimp suits doing acrobatics, strange monsters, men in biomech, lots of villains plotting evil things, a weird lobotomy like procedure to remove the amygdala, & tamagotchis to name a handful of events.
With that said, I’m normally all for random concepts - but this book just didn’t make sense to me. It just sounds like bad drug trip, but the tone of the book is just strange to me. It goes in so many directions, it’s almost like the author didn’t quite know where to go with it. Reading it just feels almost like a jumbled mess, and it’s hard to follow what’s going on half the time. The dialogue is painful to suffer through, and a lot of the story just feels empty.
Not much really goes on throughout the story, with a series of odd events here & there. The lobotomy scene I’ll call it doesn’t make sense, & the way the characters react about it takes away from the serious moment. It just feels goofy instead of shocking.
I think the author was trying too hard to sound intelligent, by the overuse of medical terminology in segments. Between that & the slang that would be used throughout. Things like that will take your reader out of immersion.
I could ramble on & on, but I feel like I’ve said enough already…
So yeah, those are my thoughts on this one! If you actually enjoyed this one, then I won’t stop ya! This one personally just wasn’t for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror and Violence
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