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mes0pelagic_fan 's review for:
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson
like many fellow reviewers, i agree that the beginning and end were very strong. the middle was ... not so strong.
honestly, i interpreted this mostly as a fascinating themed podcast, with the occasional detour back to the original plot of the story. there were so many random things going on, and the epistolary/found footage format really made me believe that i was just kind of hanging out in this extremely believable, often funny, and occasionally moving universe.
character development was pretty questionable, i cant really say if it happened or not since the lead characters were basically either reliving the same day of history over and over again, slogging thorugh bureaucratic BS, or just not intearacting with the reader or each other. i did like most of the characters, and there were some very fascinating and hilarious interactions, but development was questionable (aside from the skill-leveling up that seemed to happen as part of their jobs at DODO).
this story felt like the plot was mostly happening in the background, and the focus was the very nifty world the authors wanted to show off.
i was obsessed with thewalmart / viking berserker part though i really think for me that made this whole book worth it.
and themel/tristan kiss at the end. thank god. i didn't mind the lack of togetherness between them most of the time, although for how long the book was i think they should have interacted more even if only though work messages! but i am the kind of person who considers a successful romance to be chemistry, some tension, and then a chaste peck in the epilogue 🤷
honestly, i interpreted this mostly as a fascinating themed podcast, with the occasional detour back to the original plot of the story. there were so many random things going on, and the epistolary/found footage format really made me believe that i was just kind of hanging out in this extremely believable, often funny, and occasionally moving universe.
character development was pretty questionable, i cant really say if it happened or not since the lead characters were basically either reliving the same day of history over and over again, slogging thorugh bureaucratic BS, or just not intearacting with the reader or each other. i did like most of the characters, and there were some very fascinating and hilarious interactions, but development was questionable (aside from the skill-leveling up that seemed to happen as part of their jobs at DODO).
this story felt like the plot was mostly happening in the background, and the focus was the very nifty world the authors wanted to show off.
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