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A review by _readwithash
Golden State by Ben H. Winters
3.0
*disclaimer, I listened to this entirely on audiobook, and a lot of times I don't vibe with audiobooks as much as print books. This may have been an example of that.*
Another mid-tier book this year. It's an interesting concept, in a dystopian world lying is illegal. Characters devote themselves to rituals that require truth telling, and to the record of all of their existence. An extremely devoted cop, trying so hard to live up to his dead brother's reputation, gets called out onto an accident scene, and finds an "anomaly." This crime story unfurls from there.
I think that's where my issue with this book comes in. I bought it because of the cool dystopian premise, but that part of the novel isn't explored, it's mainly just the mystery part, and I'm not a mystery girl. I'm also not a cop story girl, and that's what this is, just wrapped up with a different bow. Additionally, the emotional parts never hit hard, the most interesting parts of this novel are glossed over or summarized quickly, while the tedious parts are explored ad nauseam, and pretty much every character is super annoying.
Another mid-tier book this year. It's an interesting concept, in a dystopian world lying is illegal. Characters devote themselves to rituals that require truth telling, and to the record of all of their existence. An extremely devoted cop, trying so hard to live up to his dead brother's reputation, gets called out onto an accident scene, and finds an "anomaly." This crime story unfurls from there.
I think that's where my issue with this book comes in. I bought it because of the cool dystopian premise, but that part of the novel isn't explored, it's mainly just the mystery part, and I'm not a mystery girl. I'm also not a cop story girl, and that's what this is, just wrapped up with a different bow. Additionally, the emotional parts never hit hard, the most interesting parts of this novel are glossed over or summarized quickly, while the tedious parts are explored ad nauseam, and pretty much every character is super annoying.