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A review by magnoliabloomfield
Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast
4.0
I gave this four stars because it is well written and I get that a lot of people would like it, I haven’t read something like this before and I recognize that it’s good.
The concept is really cool, there’s some really great lines, and plenty of diversity. I can tell how and why it appeals to people.
I wouldn’t discourage anyone from reading it, but just for personal reasons it wasn’t quite my cup of tea.
I made friends with the author on TikTok and she’s super cool and nice! So I feel like a big jerk for not loving her book, but we all like different things right? I’m not saying it’s bad, it’s not that at all, it’s like how I can recognize Henry Cavill is an attractive man without myself being attracted to him. Hopefully that makes sense.
To understand where my personal opinions come from I’ll say I’m an INFP, and type 4w5 enneagram type, a Demi sexual and an empath and a very sheltered person, so I had a hard time relating to the main character, but I know plenty of people will relate to her so this is good for them.
The writing style reminded me of M Night Shyamalan dialogue, a bit short and clipped, and for the first few chapters it’s a bit like someone writing a daily journal when they’re forced to write a daily journal, but it starts to warm up and flow a little better as it went on.
I had a hard time visualizing some of the secondary characters so I’d often forget who was who when they’d reappear later. I know it’s just a matter of style, I would have liked a little more visual description.
Maybe it’s just because real life has been rough on me lately and making me more numb, but I didn’t feel an emotional connection to anyone, the writing style did a good job of showing not telling, but I would have liked it a little better if the writing had pulled at my heartstrings by telling more in an emotional way instead of a more almost clinical way where you’re like “ok, this is what they’re feeling” instead of feeling it yourself.
It focuses down on the two characters and you don’t get to know too much about the invasion or condition of the rest of the world during the story kind of like in Cloverfield, which left me kind of curious and finding some parts kind of slow. But that’s still quite an original approach which lends to you feeling like you’re in it, like dang if this actually happened this is really all I would know about it. So that’s actually cool even if it leaves you a little irritated that you didn’t figure out more about things, because that’s probably how you’d feel in that situation too.
I’m trying my best to avoid spoilers, and I don’t believe this will spoil the plot, but I’ll give you fair warning and a bit of distance.
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Small spoiler warning
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While we know the girl is a minor, we don’t know how old eighth is before it is implied that he has a dream about her that is, shall I say arousing? It’s not detailed but it is implied and it made me uncomfortable.
The concept is really cool, there’s some really great lines, and plenty of diversity. I can tell how and why it appeals to people.
I wouldn’t discourage anyone from reading it, but just for personal reasons it wasn’t quite my cup of tea.
I made friends with the author on TikTok and she’s super cool and nice! So I feel like a big jerk for not loving her book, but we all like different things right? I’m not saying it’s bad, it’s not that at all, it’s like how I can recognize Henry Cavill is an attractive man without myself being attracted to him. Hopefully that makes sense.
To understand where my personal opinions come from I’ll say I’m an INFP, and type 4w5 enneagram type, a Demi sexual and an empath and a very sheltered person, so I had a hard time relating to the main character, but I know plenty of people will relate to her so this is good for them.
The writing style reminded me of M Night Shyamalan dialogue, a bit short and clipped, and for the first few chapters it’s a bit like someone writing a daily journal when they’re forced to write a daily journal, but it starts to warm up and flow a little better as it went on.
I had a hard time visualizing some of the secondary characters so I’d often forget who was who when they’d reappear later. I know it’s just a matter of style, I would have liked a little more visual description.
Maybe it’s just because real life has been rough on me lately and making me more numb, but I didn’t feel an emotional connection to anyone, the writing style did a good job of showing not telling, but I would have liked it a little better if the writing had pulled at my heartstrings by telling more in an emotional way instead of a more almost clinical way where you’re like “ok, this is what they’re feeling” instead of feeling it yourself.
It focuses down on the two characters and you don’t get to know too much about the invasion or condition of the rest of the world during the story kind of like in Cloverfield, which left me kind of curious and finding some parts kind of slow. But that’s still quite an original approach which lends to you feeling like you’re in it, like dang if this actually happened this is really all I would know about it. So that’s actually cool even if it leaves you a little irritated that you didn’t figure out more about things, because that’s probably how you’d feel in that situation too.
I’m trying my best to avoid spoilers, and I don’t believe this will spoil the plot, but I’ll give you fair warning and a bit of distance.
*********************
Small spoiler warning
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While we know the girl is a minor, we don’t know how old eighth is before it is implied that he has a dream about her that is, shall I say arousing? It’s not detailed but it is implied and it made me uncomfortable.