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A review by katharine_opal
Dark Theory by Wick Welker
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!
An accidental DNF at 50 percent! This book is LONG. It's 1,600 pages long, and as you read, you can start to feel just how long the book is. I was getting fatigued by the length of the novel even at the 20 percent mark. If I had had the time needed to slowly read it over a period, I may have enjoyed it more. From the half I did read, I did enjoy it. At first, the swapping between characters' points of view annoyed me slightly, but it smoothed out as the book went on and no longer was annoying. I think the very beginning just has those constant changes because it's setting up the story. I really was interested in the mystery of Beetro and his journey to find out his past. Beetro's origin gets ever so slowly unwound and revealed as the story progressed. It was very compelling. It was also interesting to see how Beetro, without any prior knowledge of himself, tries to slowly figure out his place in this world. Miree I also liked her as a character; it was interesting to see her reflect on her life and her past actions. There are other characters I liked, but Ribcage annoyed me. She reminds me too much of Tiny Tina from Borderlands, but instead of being hilarious like Tina is, Ribcage is just grating. There is also a mystery to Ribcage and their origin, but I guess I'll find out if I ever manage to pick this book up again somewhere. The only thing that startled me and honestly upset me a little is some of the gore. I wasn't expecting it honestly, though I suppose that's a little my fault for not checking for content warnings. I was getting a little aggravated that all this violence is being done upon only ONE of the characters, for reasons I failed to understand. There's plenty of violence in this book, I think it's considered "Grimdark" at certain parts, but why was so much brutality happening only to THIS character? Maybe it's explained in the latter half, but my God, why is only one character getting singled out?! This book is a very good hard sci-fi, and it was written very well. Its drawback is the length of it, but if you like very long books, this is a good one. I will be seeking it out in the future.
An accidental DNF at 50 percent! This book is LONG. It's 1,600 pages long, and as you read, you can start to feel just how long the book is. I was getting fatigued by the length of the novel even at the 20 percent mark. If I had had the time needed to slowly read it over a period, I may have enjoyed it more. From the half I did read, I did enjoy it. At first, the swapping between characters' points of view annoyed me slightly, but it smoothed out as the book went on and no longer was annoying. I think the very beginning just has those constant changes because it's setting up the story. I really was interested in the mystery of Beetro and his journey to find out his past. Beetro's origin gets ever so slowly unwound and revealed as the story progressed. It was very compelling. It was also interesting to see how Beetro, without any prior knowledge of himself, tries to slowly figure out his place in this world. Miree I also liked her as a character; it was interesting to see her reflect on her life and her past actions. There are other characters I liked, but Ribcage annoyed me. She reminds me too much of Tiny Tina from Borderlands, but instead of being hilarious like Tina is, Ribcage is just grating. There is also a mystery to Ribcage and their origin, but I guess I'll find out if I ever manage to pick this book up again somewhere. The only thing that startled me and honestly upset me a little is some of the gore. I wasn't expecting it honestly, though I suppose that's a little my fault for not checking for content warnings. I was getting a little aggravated that all this violence is being done upon only ONE of the characters, for reasons I failed to understand. There's plenty of violence in this book, I think it's considered "Grimdark" at certain parts, but why was so much brutality happening only to THIS character? Maybe it's explained in the latter half, but my God, why is only one character getting singled out?! This book is a very good hard sci-fi, and it was written very well. Its drawback is the length of it, but if you like very long books, this is a good one. I will be seeking it out in the future.