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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF. Started out weird and fun and then they took away the weird and fun parts and I was left with a military/war/preventing the end of the world sci-fi dense with big science words. I started a better book in the meantime and didn't feel like coming back to this.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Every time I finish a Seth Dickinson book and storygraph asks me if the flaws of the main character(s) were a focus of the book I burst into laughter. Boy were they.
I think I’ll be dissecting Exordia in my mind for a long time. I have some grievances that I struggle to pinpoint, and others I can articulate but in doing so always second guess. Overall it makes me feel and think a great many things, which is the best a book can do. It also makes me need to call my mom as soon as humanly possible, and possibly weep to her about things I cannot explain.
I think I’ll be dissecting Exordia in my mind for a long time. I have some grievances that I struggle to pinpoint, and others I can articulate but in doing so always second guess. Overall it makes me feel and think a great many things, which is the best a book can do. It also makes me need to call my mom as soon as humanly possible, and possibly weep to her about things I cannot explain.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book destroyed me and blew my mind. Not sure what else to say
what a ride. for most of this book, i was enjoying it a five-star amount. the last 20% or so lagged a bit for me - or maybe *i* was lagging, who can say? a couple fewer complications at the book's climax and this would have been five stars for sure. YMMV, of course.
this was a story about many things, and brought up many ethical and philosophical disputes, but a core theme the narrative kept returning to was what it means to be coerced into committing acts of violence. with that in mind, you can imagine the events that take place. they're violent, and graphic, and brutal. it feels weird to say that in spite of that, this was a FUN read, but it was. it was fun, and dark, in pretty equal measure.
you'll love this book if:
- like me, your favorite thing about hard scifi books is to vibe along with them. (that is to say, you might DISlike this book if you have to understand everything completely in a book. unless you're smarter than me. then you might like it AND understand it, lol.) i don't understand math so i cannot say if the heavy math parts made sense. i'm just here to vibe.
- you like multi-POV, morally gray characters, characters who are deeply rooted in their ideals to charming and/or frustrating degrees, and casual depictions of queerness that aren't super plot-relevant but are very present all the same.
- you love military action sequences. (i don't, but. they didn't detract from my enjoyment at all.)
- you want your tragedies tragic and your apocalypses apocalyptic. i know i said above that this is a fun read and i stand by that, but it's also, y'know, about genocide and nuclear war and aliens that are the embodiment of evil.
i wouldn't necessarily auto-recommend this for fans of the baru series, though i think there's some crossover (namely, in themes of war and violence and moral-grayness, etc). anyway, i had a great time. (is this a series? it's gotta be a series, right?)
this was a story about many things, and brought up many ethical and philosophical disputes, but a core theme the narrative kept returning to was what it means to be coerced into committing acts of violence. with that in mind, you can imagine the events that take place. they're violent, and graphic, and brutal. it feels weird to say that in spite of that, this was a FUN read, but it was. it was fun, and dark, in pretty equal measure.
you'll love this book if:
- like me, your favorite thing about hard scifi books is to vibe along with them. (that is to say, you might DISlike this book if you have to understand everything completely in a book. unless you're smarter than me. then you might like it AND understand it, lol.) i don't understand math so i cannot say if the heavy math parts made sense. i'm just here to vibe.
- you like multi-POV, morally gray characters, characters who are deeply rooted in their ideals to charming and/or frustrating degrees, and casual depictions of queerness that aren't super plot-relevant but are very present all the same.
- you love military action sequences. (i don't, but. they didn't detract from my enjoyment at all.)
- you want your tragedies tragic and your apocalypses apocalyptic. i know i said above that this is a fun read and i stand by that, but it's also, y'know, about genocide and nuclear war and aliens that are the embodiment of evil.
i wouldn't necessarily auto-recommend this for fans of the baru series, though i think there's some crossover (namely, in themes of war and violence and moral-grayness, etc). anyway, i had a great time. (is this a series? it's gotta be a series, right?)
Very upsetting! Highly recommended!
As far as I know, this is the best book ever that directly quotes Metal Gear Solid 2, although eventually all writers will start doing this.
As far as I know, this is the best book ever that directly quotes Metal Gear Solid 2, although eventually all writers will start doing this.