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The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen
3.0
i’m not really sure about the rating for this book. I loved the characters (mostly) but hated how cheesy it was. That’s probably just my own cynicism. I really didn’t like the fantasy aspect. Sure, bending genres is good and all but I went into the book expecting something else. Therefore, Shippin is not at fault for my decision to pick up this book.
While characters such as Adam stood out as realistically drawn, other characters bugged me. Sure, this is a young adult novel and I think this book would have appealed to me had I been younger. As I’m older, I don’t think I’m in the demographic. The book started off so so good. I loved how Shippin starts right with the action.
Unfortunately, what really bugged me was the overuse of metaphors, similes and her pacing. The amount of times the word ‘emotion’ came up bugged me, but what can you say? It’s a book about an ‘empath.’
I don’t know why, but I feel like this book was wrongly marketed? For example, it was disguised as appealing to a different demographic audience. I started off thinking it would be really really good but (side rant) Dr Bright was so so so annoying and these random ass characters that are thrown in during the last minute. I liked some of the minor characters like the studious characters who worked with Adam but it was too unrealistic for me to take it seriously.
While characters such as Adam stood out as realistically drawn, other characters bugged me. Sure, this is a young adult novel and I think this book would have appealed to me had I been younger. As I’m older, I don’t think I’m in the demographic. The book started off so so good. I loved how Shippin starts right with the action.
Unfortunately, what really bugged me was the overuse of metaphors, similes and her pacing. The amount of times the word ‘emotion’ came up bugged me, but what can you say? It’s a book about an ‘empath.’
I don’t know why, but I feel like this book was wrongly marketed? For example, it was disguised as appealing to a different demographic audience. I started off thinking it would be really really good but (side rant) Dr Bright was so so so annoying and these random ass characters that are thrown in during the last minute. I liked some of the minor characters like the studious characters who worked with Adam but it was too unrealistic for me to take it seriously.