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A review by jrandol7
A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe
1.0
The premise of the book drew me in: a human consciousness downloaded into a synthetic human. However, the writing style was so awful I only read 1/3 of the book before skipping to the end to see if the style cleared up. It did not.
The style reminds me of an extreme form of steampunk: the main character (whose head we are in) is far superior to the rest of the characters, but we cannot see his thought process. He manages to pick up all the clues (somehow) and then explains them rationally to the aggressor, who only starts crying as a response. I truly hated the style.
The style reminds me of an extreme form of steampunk: the main character (whose head we are in) is far superior to the rest of the characters, but we cannot see his thought process. He manages to pick up all the clues (somehow) and then explains them rationally to the aggressor, who only starts crying as a response. I truly hated the style.