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A review by snowbenton
Point B by Drew Magary
3.0
If I could have one wish it would be the ability to reload a previous save of my life the way I do in video games -- but teleportation would be a very close second. But this book (as scifi is wont to do) proves why we can't have nice things.
It's a wonderfully unique idea, Bamert is a delight, I love the teen angst and that the MC is a lesbian. But the pacing failed this story. It took me ages to read this because chapter after chapter was high intensity and it was just exhausting. There needed to be some filler chapters: something calm, show me the world just as porting was being introduced, give me a self-indulgent school moment, show me a diving lesson. Some of the scenes ran on too long even for me, and I love self-indulgence (see: Bamert was my favorite character). A better editor could have made this a great book.
It's a wonderfully unique idea, Bamert is a delight, I love the teen angst and that the MC is a lesbian. But the pacing failed this story. It took me ages to read this because chapter after chapter was high intensity and it was just exhausting. There needed to be some filler chapters: something calm, show me the world just as porting was being introduced, give me a self-indulgent school moment, show me a diving lesson. Some of the scenes ran on too long even for me, and I love self-indulgence (see: Bamert was my favorite character). A better editor could have made this a great book.