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A review by apereira22
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
1.0
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED!!! DNF-ed at 30%
I had great hopes for this one.
I'll start with the pros: excellent worldbuilding, poetic writing and great concepts (Breaks, nano-bonding, harvesting energy from geothermal vents). That's just about it.
The author spits his politics in your face. While there is nothing wrong with couching a story in politics, Miller's style is crude.
The characters are some of the worst in all the literature I've read. No personality, very 'robotic' (not literally) and the dialogues are shitty.
There's a passage where pedophilia is, more or less, endorsed! I'm Indian and a so-called 'person of color'. The author takes this bullshit to a higher level where white people are the enemies and Western culture is out to get you. If there was a proper story, it could've tolerable. Unfortunately, the story has given way for a vicious agenda. I could've just read a non-fiction book on the subject.
The book had great potential. I'm still in love with the world of Blackfish City and the concepts were great. The author could've used it to build a proper story!
I had great hopes for this one.
I'll start with the pros: excellent worldbuilding, poetic writing and great concepts (Breaks, nano-bonding, harvesting energy from geothermal vents). That's just about it.
The author spits his politics in your face. While there is nothing wrong with couching a story in politics, Miller's style is crude.
The characters are some of the worst in all the literature I've read. No personality, very 'robotic' (not literally) and the dialogues are shitty.
There's a passage where pedophilia is, more or less, endorsed! I'm Indian and a so-called 'person of color'. The author takes this bullshit to a higher level where white people are the enemies and Western culture is out to get you. If there was a proper story, it could've tolerable. Unfortunately, the story has given way for a vicious agenda. I could've just read a non-fiction book on the subject.
The book had great potential. I'm still in love with the world of Blackfish City and the concepts were great. The author could've used it to build a proper story!