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A review by powerpuffgoat
Zero Day Code by John Birmingham
Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.
Holy shit was this book terrible. And normally I would persevere but I just couldn't put myself through any more of this boring, badly written, snail paced narrative.
I got halfway through the book and still, NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. The author just kept introducing more characters or describing every excruciating detail of the day the "main" characters were having.
Why do I need to know every meal and drink each person is having? Why do I need to be reminded of their clothing or the shape of their keyboard every time it is mentioned?
There are so many characters, and yet no development and no plot!
Furthermore, the characters are either the blandest, most boring human beings on Earth, or caricatures. Especially women. They are all "not like other girls", but also at one point a woman reveals to her date that she used to be fat, as if that's some big shameful thing. And he is just shocked, he can't believe it, cause she is fit now! Oh wait, what does it have to do with the hack or the food supply? Nothing, because there is nothing happening even halfway through the book!
Awful, awful, awful.
I got halfway through the book and still, NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. The author just kept introducing more characters or describing every excruciating detail of the day the "main" characters were having.
Why do I need to know every meal and drink each person is having? Why do I need to be reminded of their clothing or the shape of their keyboard every time it is mentioned?
There are so many characters, and yet no development and no plot!
Furthermore, the characters are either the blandest, most boring human beings on Earth, or caricatures. Especially women. They are all "not like other girls", but also at one point a woman reveals to her date that she used to be fat, as if that's some big shameful thing. And he is just shocked, he can't believe it, cause she is fit now! Oh wait, what does it have to do with the hack or the food supply? Nothing, because there is nothing happening even halfway through the book!
Awful, awful, awful.