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A review by drtlovesbooks
Fated by S.G. Browne
3.0
I'm finding S.G. Browne to be a very strong plot-driven writer, but a bit hit-or-miss. This is the fourth book I've tried, and the second I've completed. This story plays around with lots of religions and mythologies and draws them together into a loosely-knit whole that I found interesting.
My main problem with Browne's protagonists is that they are not likable - they are generally terrible, self-involved people who can't get out of their own way and who generate their own self-consuming conflicts. The first book of Browne's I read (Lucky Bastard)started with enough of a hook and had enough of an interesting plot device that I dealt with it; the second book (Breathers) had an interesting idea, but I put it down after thirty or forty pages because the main character was insufferable. I didn't even get that far in the third (Big Egos) - the plot device wasn't interesting enough, and the writing just turned me off within five pages. I wasn't even going to start on Fated, but I'm glad I gave it a shot.
My main problem with Browne's protagonists is that they are not likable - they are generally terrible, self-involved people who can't get out of their own way and who generate their own self-consuming conflicts. The first book of Browne's I read (Lucky Bastard)started with enough of a hook and had enough of an interesting plot device that I dealt with it; the second book (Breathers) had an interesting idea, but I put it down after thirty or forty pages because the main character was insufferable. I didn't even get that far in the third (Big Egos) - the plot device wasn't interesting enough, and the writing just turned me off within five pages. I wasn't even going to start on Fated, but I'm glad I gave it a shot.