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This review concerns the audiobook version, narrated by Wil Wheaton.
First of all, I'm not a big fan of reading comprehensive reviews that may give away parts of the plot, and occasionally I won't even read the book's description in detail for the same reason. This was my mistake in this case, because the author dives right into the plot with almost no exposition. Meaning that at one point I paused the audiobook, went back to read the blurb and get a grasp of it.
Luckily, the prelude novella is included at the end of the audiobook closing any gaps in understanding the world building. The premise feels fresh, with the inclusion of all the socio-economic factors one often neglects in such stories.
And now to the part I'm gonna hate myself for:
Even though I love Wil Wheaton, I found his narration wanting. I was hard pressed to distinguish who's talking during dialogues. I don't think it's a lack of effort on his part, and I still believe he is very talented, so a different genre might be a better fit, or a first person view story with minimal dialogue.
Either way, I'm heading on to devour the sequel, and maybe (hopefully) revise my criticism of the narration.
First of all, I'm not a big fan of reading comprehensive reviews that may give away parts of the plot, and occasionally I won't even read the book's description in detail for the same reason. This was my mistake in this case, because the author dives right into the plot with almost no exposition. Meaning that at one point I paused the audiobook, went back to read the blurb and get a grasp of it.
Luckily, the prelude novella is included at the end of the audiobook closing any gaps in understanding the world building. The premise feels fresh, with the inclusion of all the socio-economic factors one often neglects in such stories.
And now to the part I'm gonna hate myself for:
Even though I love Wil Wheaton, I found his narration wanting. I was hard pressed to distinguish who's talking during dialogues. I don't think it's a lack of effort on his part, and I still believe he is very talented, so a different genre might be a better fit, or a first person view story with minimal dialogue.
Either way, I'm heading on to devour the sequel, and maybe (hopefully) revise my criticism of the narration.