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samiam_97 's review for:
The Anomaly
by Michael Rutger
Entertaining when it isn't trying to tell a story.
There are some nice bits in it, some bits that even made me chuckle, others that made me cringe (which isn't all together a bad thing) but when it comes down to the core plot and the twist that comes in around at 70% of the novel's completion, it just doesn't work.
It doesn't track logically, but the characters all pretend it does just because they can't think of anything better. Sure the main character is a conspiracy theorist, but I got the sense from the first act that we were going to see him through a new lens as he breaks down the scene in a professional way - but no he goes full screwball. If the author wasn't actively on his side, i feel like everyone would have laughed him off or thought he was deluded.
I just couldn't read past the That's just too much. To go from a simple caving expedition, to that, with zero buildup.
Honestly, if it had just been about them trapped in a cave, i think the book would have been better.
There are some nice bits in it, some bits that even made me chuckle, others that made me cringe (which isn't all together a bad thing) but when it comes down to the core plot and the twist that comes in around at 70% of the novel's completion, it just doesn't work.
It doesn't track logically, but the characters all pretend it does just because they can't think of anything better. Sure the main character is a conspiracy theorist, but I got the sense from the first act that we were going to see him through a new lens as he breaks down the scene in a professional way - but no he goes full screwball. If the author wasn't actively on his side, i feel like everyone would have laughed him off or thought he was deluded.
I just couldn't read past the
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Pterodactyl coming out of that girl's stomach, and the MC going on to conclude they were inside a giant machine that created life using blocks of stone made out of periodic elementsHonestly, if it had just been about them trapped in a cave, i think the book would have been better.