stormlightreader 's review for:

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

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I just can't get away with Crouch's writing. It started out really strong and I read the first 10% so quickly. I was really intrigued but at around the 25% mark, the writing just became dry, with a constant churning out of random facts and information which didn't seem to move the plot forward and just started feeling like too much was going on. I get that the slightest change in one's genotype can result in substantial changes throughout the body, but there were a few pages where more and more effects were continually listed followed by a really dry Q & A just to demonstrate that the main character has an IQ in excess of 200. Unfortunately, it really took me out of the story and made me lose interest. All the character and relationship building that drew me in for the first 10% of the book vanished in a flash.