A review by rchapy
Deadline by Mira Grant

adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

where to begin....i stopped listening to this like half way through because it was just not interesting to me. which is saying something given that the plot moves pretty quickly and there are dramatic events. the way the author writes is just grating to me, peak 2010s Joss whedon inspired dialogue and character personalities. the voice the guy reading the audiobook was doing was also obnoxious to me. i did start back up again though because i don't like leaving things unfinished, and the world building and overall plot was interesting. i still like those parts, there is definitely a lot of thought put into the practicalities of living with the virus. but it feels like sometimes they're overexplained or details are repeated a lot, another issue i have with the writing style. but my biggest issue of all is the main character. Sean, Sean, Sean.....what an obnoxious and abusive asshole. and here i was wondering why he's so over the top obsessed with his dead sister when...
we find out that they were fucking???? because he says her name after having sex with one of his reporters???? ~oh they're adopted it's fine~ shut up they were raised as siblings it's incest. i was in shock. this is minor in comparison to that but it also annoyed me so much that he was always talking to the ghost of Georgia or whatever out loud because why could you just not think things to her?? why did it have to be said out loud, that was entirely unnecessary.
so yeah i did not like Sean. and i don't think I'll be listening to or reading the final book of the trilogy, the wiki summary will more than satisfy my curiosity. great idea, bad execution.
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