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A review by gorgeousgirl
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.
surprised it wasn't YA, feels like it's written 4 idiots, like the author thinks readers r idiots. every little detail is hammered into your brain thru constant repetition, v mike flanagan. & there's a stupid level of attention to stupid details, reminiscent of The Silent Patient by that british guy
the characters r so bland, there's zero style or voice to the writing, the audiobook felt especially droning. no attempt to make the subject matter interesting, even a nerd like me was turned off more than drawn in. again with treating the reader like an idiot, there's no feeling of being drawn into the map world, no insider language, no jargon (made up or otherwise). dull, robotic reverence of authority: the cops, the academy. people who work at nypl keeping referring to it as "the NYPL," even in internal monologue, like they thought u would forget from the last paragraph. is it name dropping? really can't tell, tone is nothing except condescending
tbh it felt like the author doesn't know much about maps or cartography bcz everyone talks abt them with such alien distance. thought i'd tough it out since i have nothing else downloaded to listen 2 on my shift, but it's too blah blah blah. another MFA mill production that i'm just amazed about, like they're teaching u to write this badly there?
the characters r so bland, there's zero style or voice to the writing, the audiobook felt especially droning. no attempt to make the subject matter interesting, even a nerd like me was turned off more than drawn in. again with treating the reader like an idiot, there's no feeling of being drawn into the map world, no insider language, no jargon (made up or otherwise). dull, robotic reverence of authority: the cops, the academy. people who work at nypl keeping referring to it as "the NYPL," even in internal monologue, like they thought u would forget from the last paragraph. is it name dropping? really can't tell, tone is nothing except condescending
tbh it felt like the author doesn't know much about maps or cartography bcz everyone talks abt them with such alien distance. thought i'd tough it out since i have nothing else downloaded to listen 2 on my shift, but it's too blah blah blah. another MFA mill production that i'm just amazed about, like they're teaching u to write this badly there?