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izzoe 's review for:
The Genesis of Misery
by Neon Yang
This book just lacked so much nuance. It was trying to be political but lacked understanding of multiple view points. Misery (FMC) is intolerable. She is narcissistic and just likes violence?? The book is based on religion and messiahs but there is so little information about the religion or the heretics. The gaps make it hard to fall into the story. Misery changes so much that it feels unbelievable. A lot of the ideas felt unfinished. The author might be saving some ideas for a sequel but it’s so clear.
The writing style is also so telly it’s constantly telling you how smart misery is without showing it. They put modern day slang in the book which pulled me out and will age the book. The book is not cheeky or humorous enough to make saying yeet work.
The saving grace of this is the setting. The space battling and the mecs are cool and fun.
The writing style is also so telly it’s constantly telling you how smart misery is without showing it. They put modern day slang in the book which pulled me out and will age the book. The book is not cheeky or humorous enough to make saying yeet work.
The saving grace of this is the setting. The space battling and the mecs are cool and fun.