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adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I give this five stars for my taste, but three stars as a novel.
For my taste, this is a 90’s cliche rule of cool Showtime like romp in the style of Rob Liefield. Sex. Big guns. Neural nanotics. Explosions! Sex. Nothing but the best breasts. Chauvinism. Sex. Eurocentric. Sex. God. Demons. Hell. Sex. Torture. Mysterious undead. Sex. Aliens who know more than us. Sex. It is as campy as it is long.
The significant pro is that despite how massive and complicated the plot can be, it is a masterclass on creating a living universe. It comes across as full, fleshed out, and lived in.
The technobabble comes across as dated, yet oddly prescient at the same time.
That being said, as a novel, much of this works against it. Not to be missed is the editing. Spelling errors. Typos. Missing line breaks. It almost feels like a copy paste from a gratuitously long story posted a scene at a time on LiveJournal.
I recommend this is you don’t mine your shallow Sci Fi’s only question is, “How cool would this be on a PPV show?”
Last note: I added a list of trigger warnings. This book has the potential to be upsetting for a variety of reasons. I would expect that if you’re reading this, and interested, the triggers are likely minor enough that they shouldn’t be too stressful.
For my taste, this is a 90’s cliche rule of cool Showtime like romp in the style of Rob Liefield. Sex. Big guns. Neural nanotics. Explosions! Sex. Nothing but the best breasts. Chauvinism. Sex. Eurocentric. Sex. God. Demons. Hell. Sex. Torture. Mysterious undead. Sex. Aliens who know more than us. Sex. It is as campy as it is long.
The significant pro is that despite how massive and complicated the plot can be, it is a masterclass on creating a living universe. It comes across as full, fleshed out, and lived in.
The technobabble comes across as dated, yet oddly prescient at the same time.
That being said, as a novel, much of this works against it. Not to be missed is the editing. Spelling errors. Typos. Missing line breaks. It almost feels like a copy paste from a gratuitously long story posted a scene at a time on LiveJournal.
I recommend this is you don’t mine your shallow Sci Fi’s only question is, “How cool would this be on a PPV show?”
Last note: I added a list of trigger warnings. This book has the potential to be upsetting for a variety of reasons. I would expect that if you’re reading this, and interested, the triggers are likely minor enough that they shouldn’t be too stressful.
Content Warnings
Minor: Cannibalism, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Rape, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Misogyny
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