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A review by reader_of_rohan
Renganaton: Bookiesode 1: Where do I go from here? by Lukasz Rosinski, Obake
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I read the preview of this book and really liked it - it sounded exciting and full of new ideas. As I read further into the book, I confess that I liked it a lot less. I found the dialogue hard to follow, and the stream-of-consciousness bits almost impossible to read. The punctuation was erratic in the former and almost nonexistent except for ellipses in the latter, both of which I found stressful as a reader.
What started off as an intriguing story about adventure and exploration quickly fell into a narrative built around excessive substance misuse, which did not appeal to me, and I felt that the plot didn't really go anywhere. For something marketed as a sci-fi, I felt it lacked much of anything that felt like sci-fi other than the use of the word "holo" - perhaps dystopian would be a better category.
What started off as an intriguing story about adventure and exploration quickly fell into a narrative built around excessive substance misuse, which did not appeal to me, and I felt that the plot didn't really go anywhere. For something marketed as a sci-fi, I felt it lacked much of anything that felt like sci-fi other than the use of the word "holo" - perhaps dystopian would be a better category.