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A review by pickledpotato1021
William by Mason Coile
2.0
Okay so.. no. Firstly I’d like to say as someone who actually has agoraphobia, that plot twist is a pretty big middle finger. It was a predictable plot twist that was almost interesting. Almost. If you take away the very in your face clues and ignorance on agoraphobia. I was almost excited for a representation of my phobia, while I’m on the mild side of the spectrum it’s nice to see it being represented but NOPE it wasn’t.
Secondly, this story has been told before. This is almost a carbon copy of M3gan. M3gan’s story, evil AI and a haunted toy/doll has also been told before. If you’re going to tell a story that’s already been told before you need it to be creative, unique, different, and good. M3gan was at least creative in blending those 2 popular tropes. W1ll1am was not. It was M3gan but “don’t make it obvious you copied”.
Thirdly, there’s a lot of just incorrect things in this book. For example water turns to gas past 212° (that’s relevant about half way through the book). Water simply does not exist at 220°, that’s vapor, steam. At least in the environment it was used in the book.
Another example:
“He feels the floor drop out from below him like an elevator falling too fast. A metaphor that doesn’t come from experience.”
That’s not a metaphor. That’s a simile. Which as an author you should 100% know the difference between a metaphor and a simile. Metaphors say something is something else, where a simile says something is LIKE something. The quote could be a metaphor simply by saying “the floor was a moving elevator, falling too fast” but I digress.
Secondly, this story has been told before. This is almost a carbon copy of M3gan. M3gan’s story, evil AI and a haunted toy/doll has also been told before. If you’re going to tell a story that’s already been told before you need it to be creative, unique, different, and good. M3gan was at least creative in blending those 2 popular tropes. W1ll1am was not. It was M3gan but “don’t make it obvious you copied”.
Thirdly, there’s a lot of just incorrect things in this book. For example water turns to gas past 212° (that’s relevant about half way through the book). Water simply does not exist at 220°, that’s vapor, steam. At least in the environment it was used in the book.
Another example:
“He feels the floor drop out from below him like an elevator falling too fast. A metaphor that doesn’t come from experience.”
That’s not a metaphor. That’s a simile. Which as an author you should 100% know the difference between a metaphor and a simile. Metaphors say something is something else, where a simile says something is LIKE something. The quote could be a metaphor simply by saying “the floor was a moving elevator, falling too fast” but I digress.