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zober 's review for:
The Genesis of Misery
by Neon Yang
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This would have been a DNF if it weren't a book club read. It had been on my TBR for ages since I liked Neon Yang's Tensorate series, but now I'm going to be a bit more wary before reading more by them.
Good queer rep, but that's about the only thing I really liked. The world-building was a bit sparse - it has potential, but that potential was definitely not realized in this book. Characters were uninteresting or unlikeable, and Misery, the titular character, was both. The writing was sometimes fine and sometimes distractingly bad; a lot of modern slang was used in this space sci fi book. "Yeet" was used in a sentence, and I almost gave up then. But the writing at other times was oddly formal and florid.
I put off reviewing this because I was so disappointed. Thankfully I've had a couple books as palate cleansers since finishing this.
Good queer rep, but that's about the only thing I really liked. The world-building was a bit sparse - it has potential, but that potential was definitely not realized in this book. Characters were uninteresting or unlikeable, and Misery, the titular character, was both. The writing was sometimes fine and sometimes distractingly bad; a lot of modern slang was used in this space sci fi book. "Yeet" was used in a sentence, and I almost gave up then. But the writing at other times was oddly formal and florid.
I put off reviewing this because I was so disappointed. Thankfully I've had a couple books as palate cleansers since finishing this.