Scan barcode
A review by timinbc
The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
1.0
I guess there's a circle of SF/F books and readers, and as must inevitably be the case, there is a book that is directly opposite me on the circle, and this is that book. I don't like most SF/F movies and TV shows either, and this feels as if it belongs with them.
I liked Descendant of the Crane well enough.
Here I find uninteresting lead characters, extremely sketchy worldbuilding, the oh-not-again SuperHackerTeen who is for all practical purposes a magic universal key. A wildly implausible ranking system that everyone seems to think is fine as they touch their forelocks and bow to the high-ranking, and isn't it Convenient that our little girl is #2 despite having apparently done nothing to earn it (we're told it's based on eco-footprint but it obviously isn't).
A plot developing in two threads, or are there more? A major character who is dead, or not, and we obviously aren't going to find out any time soon. An unexplained pop-up character who wants to kill one of our heroines.
I didn't watch Lost either, but I followed the general trend of it, and I soon decided this is going to be one of those, where we finally find out what's been going on, and we're all "meh, that's it? Bummer."
Nah, I'm out.
On to the next. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.
I liked Descendant of the Crane well enough.
Here I find uninteresting lead characters, extremely sketchy worldbuilding, the oh-not-again SuperHackerTeen who is for all practical purposes a magic universal key. A wildly implausible ranking system that everyone seems to think is fine as they touch their forelocks and bow to the high-ranking, and isn't it Convenient that our little girl is #2 despite having apparently done nothing to earn it (we're told it's based on eco-footprint but it obviously isn't).
A plot developing in two threads, or are there more? A major character who is dead, or not, and we obviously aren't going to find out any time soon. An unexplained pop-up character who wants to kill one of our heroines.
I didn't watch Lost either, but I followed the general trend of it, and I soon decided this is going to be one of those, where we finally find out what's been going on, and we're all "meh, that's it? Bummer."
Nah, I'm out.
On to the next. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.