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A review by sleepey
The Degan Incident by Rob Colton
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
This book is in a weird spot where it 100% worked for me personally, but I don't know if I could honestly recommend it to other people 😅
It's got kind of an "unrestrained" quality, just swinging wildly from one extreme to another like an excitable dog. From saccharine romance to sticky, sweaty sex scenes, to devastating loss & genuinely unsettling abuse, to triumphant rescue & catharsis. It's a rollercoaster, it goes for the highest highs & lowest lows of any given scenario. And the impressive part is that it does this without feeling edgy & pointless; everything that happens to characters has weight (if not sensitivity), they get strengthened & damaged & changed throughout.
Also kudos for writing a conspiracy plot that makes sense & isn't so sprawling that it becomes impossible for the heroes to realistically defeat.
It's got kind of an "unrestrained" quality, just swinging wildly from one extreme to another like an excitable dog. From saccharine romance to sticky, sweaty sex scenes, to devastating loss & genuinely unsettling abuse, to triumphant rescue & catharsis. It's a rollercoaster, it goes for the highest highs & lowest lows of any given scenario. And the impressive part is that it does this without feeling edgy & pointless; everything that happens to characters has weight (if not sensitivity), they get strengthened & damaged & changed throughout.
Also kudos for writing a conspiracy plot that makes sense & isn't so sprawling that it becomes impossible for the heroes to realistically defeat.