A review by garattyfisher
Recursion by Blake Crouch

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Boy, what can I say about this book. It tries hard for sci-fi, but I was left feeling empty. The book is all over the place and I just could never get into the rhythm of it. The characters are just blah. They didn't pull me in and I didn't care what happened to them. It's weird, I felt (in the first 25 pages) that this book was going to be a miss. It sometimes happens, you finish a book because you hate to DNF. Not that this was a terrible book, absolutely not... it just didn't move me, grab me, motivate me, or twist a tear out of my eye. There seems to be two stories in this book, 20% of one story & 80% of another. Very odd. It was very middle of the road. It is highly repetitive, very slow at times, added unnecessary characters, and not a BOOM of an ending... as I was expecting. I won't be basing my book selections so highly on YouTube content creators' reviews for a while. This is a blah book at 2.5/5