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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
Yeah, I don’t know about this one.
I love Misery as a character and the worldbuilding is mmm mmm good, but the narrative voice annoyed me and I was soooooo boooooored by like 80% of the extremely linear plot.
I love Misery as a character and the worldbuilding is mmm mmm good, but the narrative voice annoyed me and I was soooooo boooooored by like 80% of the extremely linear plot.
adventurous
reflective
interesting concept and world building but i didn’t rly care abt the characters and the writing was a bit of a slog. my copy was due at the library and i don’t think i’ll be revisiting it
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
The central premise is "Joan of Arc in space," but Genesis of Misery does so many things not necessary to fulfill that premise. The author takes an unreliable narrator who gets progressively less trustworthy as things go on, combines them with a sci-fi world of miracles and technology and things not quite either, and adds a nearly incomprehensible frame narrative. This novel has really interesting themes; fanaticism, self-mythology, trauma, polyamory, and it handles them well, with compelling characters. But many of the strange decisions the author makes just don't seem to be worth the difficulty they add to the reading experience. The sequel is unreleased at time of writing, but I suspect it answers the "why" questions that hold Genesis back.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked the ideas but the execution did not sell it for me.
Much of the dialogue felt very wooden and the prose was extremely purple. Eg: human mortality described as "gelatinous". Some of the descriptions didn't make sense such as massaging the tension out of ones bones and tendon.
Felt like a story was written and then a thesaurus was thrown at it.
Much of the dialogue felt very wooden and the prose was extremely purple. Eg: human mortality described as "gelatinous". Some of the descriptions didn't make sense such as massaging the tension out of ones bones and tendon.
Felt like a story was written and then a thesaurus was thrown at it.
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was great, even if it was sad at the end. I loved Misery as a character and her relationship with Lighting made her even better. I also really loved Ruin, zie was such an interesting character to read about and hir personality was so much fun. I enjoyed hir attitude and sassieness. The ending of this was also amazing and I loved the writing (which is strange considering that was a hang up for me in The Black Tides Of Heaven). The use of neopronouns was great as well, the queernormative world made me very happy to read about. Overall, this was a lot of fun and is definitely a recommendation. I don't read a lot of spacey sci-fi, I prefer robots or superheroes, but this made me more excited to pick some up.
I wish there was a second one, it isn't needed, I just really like this world and these characters
I wish there was a second one, it isn't needed, I just really like this world and these characters