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griznilla 's review for:
The Forge of God
by Greg Bear
Holy cow was this book boring. There were some genuinely good ideas here, but the execution! I did not care at all about any of the characters. Mid and late book I started even just scanning the paragraphs for relevant info to the overall story.
There is WAAAAY too much of both men and women "sobbing, crying, wailing" etc. Everyone seems to need to cry all the time. It was ridiculous.
No real payoff either.
*SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS*
You never do figure out just WHO the "planet-killer" aliens are, what their motivations are, or why they feel the need to distract everyone. There is literally NOTHING that any of the characters could have done to prevent the earth from being wiped out, so why all the subterfuge? It was pointless. Why have the "guest" alien tell the humans that he believes in punishment... if you were NEVER GOING TO CONTINUE THAT THREAD!?
Man, I tell ya. It was a slog to get through this one. I rate it 2 stars instead of 1 because like I said, there WERE some clever ideas here, but overall it was boring and I wished multiple times that I was reading something else.
There is WAAAAY too much of both men and women "sobbing, crying, wailing" etc. Everyone seems to need to cry all the time. It was ridiculous.
No real payoff either.
*SPOILERS* *SPOILERS* *SPOILERS*
You never do figure out just WHO the "planet-killer" aliens are, what their motivations are, or why they feel the need to distract everyone. There is literally NOTHING that any of the characters could have done to prevent the earth from being wiped out, so why all the subterfuge? It was pointless. Why have the "guest" alien tell the humans that he believes in punishment... if you were NEVER GOING TO CONTINUE THAT THREAD!?
Man, I tell ya. It was a slog to get through this one. I rate it 2 stars instead of 1 because like I said, there WERE some clever ideas here, but overall it was boring and I wished multiple times that I was reading something else.