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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
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Such an awesome combo of Reddit atheism and dismissal of free will
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a mind expanding novel. Like Blindsight you need to pay real close attention. I think a reread will give me many more answers.
But you get so much out of this book. A dense story, a realistic and at the same time fantastical universe and a real different view on things.
But you get so much out of this book. A dense story, a realistic and at the same time fantastical universe and a real different view on things.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What a dense read! Highly technical even for hard sci-fi. Rich with unique concepts and philosophical musings on consciousness.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
challenging
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I liked the character and the evocation of the earth setting better than Blindsight. Watts remains too pleased with how hard his, um, hard sci-fi… is. The incoherence and chaos of the narrative is largely from the science dumps, rather than the intentional incoherence. Like, I’m a PhD candidate in literature. I have bizarre chart-topping reading comprehension and have my whole life (plus lots of training). I think the bad info-dumping is tricking people into thinking their reading comprehension is bad when the problem is the writing. Could really stand to be a teeny bit more interested in the interpersonal dynamics and emotional experiences around vampires instead of just repeatedly, gleeful returning to the details of how he’s made them evolutionarily and biologically plausible. And, “hard” sci-fi jokes aside, Watts really keeps putting characters in all sorts of life and death tension and discomfort and bizarre intimacy and stress and nobody ever even kisses? Come on, man
dark
reflective
slow-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