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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
seriously bewildered as to how i managed to finish this. it’s like if a colleen hoover style book were written for gen x guys who thought the big bang theory was revolutionary instead of lifetime moms. it really does have the spirit of the big bang theory, complete with the shoehorned references to classic scifi to cover up shitty writing and a laugh track. such a slog to get through and almost definitely the worst book i’ve read all year, which is such a shame since i went in expecting to LOVE it!
A human being turned into a Von Neumann probe is a great concept. That alone gets it the star.
It's a terrible book though. As a concept utterly wasted and barely explored at all. And for a book series labelled as comedy it's series of books conspicuously absent of comedy.
He takes such a brilliant idea and actually does so little with it that it is hard to believe he didn't actively suppress some of the natural directions and questions of philosophy to make the book less interesting.
Taylor is isn't an awful writer in the realms of the worst of the self published trash. And he's not even Earnest Cline awful, although this book is very clearly and cynically written in the shadow of Ready Player One and aiming for the same audience. He's able to write coherent bare bones competent prose. But what he decides to write with that is just awful. Overall it ends up as a boring cliched scifi story with almost no personality that isn't actively annoying.
He can't write character or anything funny. I've never known a book to describe characters laughing so much. That doesn't make something funny.
The main character and his clones are just boneheads. Deeply unlikable, making tired mainstream nerd pop culture reference after tired mainstream nerd pop culture reference. They are the sort of tedious know it all bollock who writes long 'well actually' posts on reddit. The first chapter is about the main character going to sci-fi convention. It's only on the 4th attempt that I got past that chapter and didn't tell the book to fuck off.
It annoyed me so much it has inspired me to write a novel that takes the basic premise and actually do something with it that isn't an utter waste.
It's a terrible book though. As a concept utterly wasted and barely explored at all. And for a book series labelled as comedy it's series of books conspicuously absent of comedy.
He takes such a brilliant idea and actually does so little with it that it is hard to believe he didn't actively suppress some of the natural directions and questions of philosophy to make the book less interesting.
Taylor is isn't an awful writer in the realms of the worst of the self published trash. And he's not even Earnest Cline awful, although this book is very clearly and cynically written in the shadow of Ready Player One and aiming for the same audience. He's able to write coherent bare bones competent prose. But what he decides to write with that is just awful. Overall it ends up as a boring cliched scifi story with almost no personality that isn't actively annoying.
He can't write character or anything funny. I've never known a book to describe characters laughing so much. That doesn't make something funny.
The main character and his clones are just boneheads. Deeply unlikable, making tired mainstream nerd pop culture reference after tired mainstream nerd pop culture reference. They are the sort of tedious know it all bollock who writes long 'well actually' posts on reddit. The first chapter is about the main character going to sci-fi convention. It's only on the 4th attempt that I got past that chapter and didn't tell the book to fuck off.
It annoyed me so much it has inspired me to write a novel that takes the basic premise and actually do something with it that isn't an utter waste.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Started out interesting, cool concept, but got repetitive and boring. Had hoped it would be more exciting and have more character development.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No