monkeelino 's review for:

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

1.0

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I was going to give this 2 stars because I was desperately searching for something in the last 20 pages that I liked and I found two small things, but GR defines 1 star as "did not like it" and that pretty well sums up my reaction to the whole book. The characters seemed incredibly flat and clichéd to me. I felt nothing for any of them. The plot never grabbed me and felt like all sorts of random things were just thrown in there. I never cared what happened or even if I found out what was going to happen. I finished it because it's part of a group read and it was also a chance for me to preview it before my son read it (I gave it to him as a gift), but now I can save him some time and get him a better gift.

I am a fan of the io9.com website, which Anders edits and I discovered a very entertaining short story of hers free online:
"The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model"

Also, I do really like the cover--props to Will Staehle and Unusual Co.