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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
challenging
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
dark
slow-paced
There is probably a deep symbolism or something in this book, but I couldn't get through to it. It takes to much strength to wade through broken, delirious sentences, and though I finished this book, I did not like it at all. It was a descent into madness I didn't need. There are tantalizing glimpses of sense between all those words, but it only makes it worse. Certainly not a worthy successor to Borne.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
DNF
I loved Southern Reach and Borne but this was too devoid of plot or character for me to have something to cling on to throughout. I'm not great at weird beautiful disconnected nonsense, I get sleepy.
I loved Southern Reach and Borne but this was too devoid of plot or character for me to have something to cling on to throughout. I'm not great at weird beautiful disconnected nonsense, I get sleepy.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I have no rating for this book because it held no real storyline or plot. Moss as a humanoid creature. A really large evil duck. Salamanders somehow falling from the sky. A bad man that wasn't bad before with the head of a bat. A huge blue fox that talks and kills humans.
The gist of the book (to me) is that capitalism and global warming will destroy us all and create an unrecognizable world. But the way this book delivered the message left me void of an emotional response other than confusion.
I read forums after reading this book about how VanderMeer is creating a new genre of Weird with his style of writing. I can't say I am a fan, but maybe because I am not emotionally intelligent enough to read through a time-skipping, impossible novel lacking world-building or reason. I was so confused the entire time, and that made this book so hard to get through.
The gist of the book (to me) is that capitalism and global warming will destroy us all and create an unrecognizable world. But the way this book delivered the message left me void of an emotional response other than confusion.
I read forums after reading this book about how VanderMeer is creating a new genre of Weird with his style of writing. I can't say I am a fan, but maybe because I am not emotionally intelligent enough to read through a time-skipping, impossible novel lacking world-building or reason. I was so confused the entire time, and that made this book so hard to get through.