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A review by metalphoenix
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
2.0
500 pages of whining. Why is this style of book so popular these days? I don't get it - I need things to happen to enjoy a book. Unless your rambling on humanity or relationships or whatever is spectacularly unique or insightful, I don't want to spend 500 pages reading about it. Things need to HAPPEN, characters need to make decisions and have consequences and learn and grow and develop.
I kept waiting for a twist or a surprise that gave the sci-fi setting and characters any point, but none arose. The three most present characters - Peter, Bea, and Granger - are all so whiny and terrible, I really didn't care about them at all, which didn't help much.
It felt like there was a lot of way more interesting stuff happening in the background (USIC recruitment process, censorship, Oasan healing issues, conflicting personality types of those who abandoned the base, etc.) and all of it was washed out by all the blah blah between Peter and Bea and Granger. Give me a story from Jesus Lover Five's POV or another USIC employee or SOMETHING.
I kept waiting for a twist or a surprise that gave the sci-fi setting and characters any point, but none arose. The three most present characters - Peter, Bea, and Granger - are all so whiny and terrible, I really didn't care about them at all, which didn't help much.
It felt like there was a lot of way more interesting stuff happening in the background (USIC recruitment process, censorship, Oasan healing issues, conflicting personality types of those who abandoned the base, etc.) and all of it was washed out by all the blah blah between Peter and Bea and Granger. Give me a story from Jesus Lover Five's POV or another USIC employee or SOMETHING.