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A review by slowreaderpeter
The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
0.25
No spoilers, but an opening disclaimer: the author used AI to write the poetry that is written in this book. He is up front about training an AI in poetry from two ancient Chinese poets. The use of AI might not bother everyone, but it did me. Had I known this before getting the book for Christmas, I would not have gotten/read it.
This book was a bit messy, in part from the strategy the author used to write it, in part from the story just being messy to begin with. The final quarter or so of the book is the best part, but also drastically different from the first three quarters.
I cannot really say I recommend this book. Messy narrative, messy execution, and I personally don’t like AI being involved in the writing process, even if only selectively. It was not a bad book, not at all. But it wasn’t particularly great and had things stacked against it. Do with that what you will.
This book was a bit messy, in part from the strategy the author used to write it, in part from the story just being messy to begin with. The final quarter or so of the book is the best part, but also drastically different from the first three quarters.
I cannot really say I recommend this book. Messy narrative, messy execution, and I personally don’t like AI being involved in the writing process, even if only selectively. It was not a bad book, not at all. But it wasn’t particularly great and had things stacked against it. Do with that what you will.