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A review by zoes_human
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard
Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.
Sweet baby Jesus, this is awful.
Don't get me wrong, the core concept is brilliant; it's just a fucking pity this author wrote it. IT IS SO CHEESY. It has every stereotype ever from the golden era of sci-fi. All the god-awful crap that would have killed the genre before it started if it weren't for covers with half-naked chicks being rescued and the somewhat questionable tastes of 12 year old boys.
THE CHARACTERS SUCK. The characters utterly lack the depth to be one dimensional. Good guy, good. So good. Extra most-best smartest. Golden. No flaws. Bad guys. Grrr. Bad. Monsters made of the dumb.
IT IS SO SEXIST. Okay, so not a shocker. I mean you saw the cover, right? Yeah, me too. However, in stark contrast to much classic sci-fi, there are no redeeming factors to be had here.
IT'S SO FUCKING WHITE. I mean, come on! For fucks sake, only white people are left. We're just ~16% of the world population. Humanity gets wiped out and all that's left is a bunch of white people? Why? Did we push all the brown people under the bus when the fucking attack came?
Also, it's fucking heavy, and it's killing my wrist. Fuck this book. I DNFed it at page 237. Read the Wiki summary instead. Strained a muscle in my eyes from rolling them.
TREES DIED FOR THIS SHIT MOTHERFUCKER.
I received a complimentary copy of this book via a Goodreads giveaway.
Don't get me wrong, the core concept is brilliant; it's just a fucking pity this author wrote it. IT IS SO CHEESY. It has every stereotype ever from the golden era of sci-fi. All the god-awful crap that would have killed the genre before it started if it weren't for covers with half-naked chicks being rescued and the somewhat questionable tastes of 12 year old boys.
THE CHARACTERS SUCK. The characters utterly lack the depth to be one dimensional. Good guy, good. So good. Extra most-best smartest. Golden. No flaws. Bad guys. Grrr. Bad. Monsters made of the dumb.
IT IS SO SEXIST. Okay, so not a shocker. I mean you saw the cover, right? Yeah, me too. However, in stark contrast to much classic sci-fi, there are no redeeming factors to be had here.
IT'S SO FUCKING WHITE. I mean, come on! For fucks sake, only white people are left. We're just ~16% of the world population. Humanity gets wiped out and all that's left is a bunch of white people? Why? Did we push all the brown people under the bus when the fucking attack came?
Also, it's fucking heavy, and it's killing my wrist. Fuck this book. I DNFed it at page 237. Read the Wiki summary instead. Strained a muscle in my eyes from rolling them.
TREES DIED FOR THIS SHIT MOTHERFUCKER.
I received a complimentary copy of this book via a Goodreads giveaway.