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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
possibly my favorite book of all time, very much worth reading twice to get a full understanding. it won’t take very long you should read it. twice
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Brain twisting. Anyone who claims to like sci-fi should try this.
Kicks off compellingly, but the conceit's worn out its welcome at about the half-way marker.
Chalk this one up as "probably would have made a better late '90s Grant Morrison GN" or "Christopher Nolan please adapt me into something even more inscrutable".
Oh well.
Chalk this one up as "probably would have made a better late '90s Grant Morrison GN" or "Christopher Nolan please adapt me into something even more inscrutable".
Oh well.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Any book that is based on the SCP universe is game for me. qntm was able to keep the same mystery as SCP but made their own. The Unknown Organization focuses on memetic unknowns. These unknowns can eat your memories or cause you to believe in something else entirely. It is a great sci-fi horror novel that feels different from others in the genre. Everything seems fine, but you know something is wrong, you just don't know what it is yet.
From page one, I was hooked. The story itself is broken up into shorter snippets of Marie Quinn's life as she navigates being the chief of the Antimemetics Division while trying to save the world from a world destroying idea that she doesn't remember. qntm did a fantastic job in explaining the science of things clearly and concisely, until the end of the book. Maybe I need to reread it when it's not 2am, but I was trying to wrap my mind around everything.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, but still felt it lacked something. Maybe my expectations were more along the lines of reading different stories about different unknowns (like when you hit random entry on the SCP website). But I think that's more on my expectations and less on the story itself. I did go in blind without reading anything about it.
Any book that is based on the SCP universe is game for me. qntm was able to keep the same mystery as SCP but made their own. The Unknown Organization focuses on memetic unknowns. These unknowns can eat your memories or cause you to believe in something else entirely. It is a great sci-fi horror novel that feels different from others in the genre. Everything seems fine, but you know something is wrong, you just don't know what it is yet.
From page one, I was hooked. The story itself is broken up into shorter snippets of Marie Quinn's life as she navigates being the chief of the Antimemetics Division while trying to save the world from a world destroying idea that she doesn't remember. qntm did a fantastic job in explaining the science of things clearly and concisely, until the end of the book. Maybe I need to reread it when it's not 2am, but I was trying to wrap my mind around everything.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, but still felt it lacked something. Maybe my expectations were more along the lines of reading different stories about different unknowns (like when you hit random entry on the SCP website). But I think that's more on my expectations and less on the story itself. I did go in blind without reading anything about it.