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morgankbaker 's review for:
The Terraformers
by Annalee Newitz
This is book is really all over the place.
The concept is really interesting, and i love the interface between ecology, technology, and political commentary, but i feel that it is not synthesized very well -- especially in the later 2 sections of the book.
If the first section had been expanded into the entire story, i would like this book a lot more. the characters in the later half just seem very flat & one dimensional.
the expansive world building also gets in the way of the story very often, especially with all the attention paid to minutiae.
overall enjoyable & compelling at the beginning, fell flat through the middle, and picked up a little at the end when things were coming together, but just fell very short of my expectations. so probably closer to a 2.25/2.5 for unrealized potential.
The concept is really interesting, and i love the interface between ecology, technology, and political commentary, but i feel that it is not synthesized very well -- especially in the later 2 sections of the book.
If the first section had been expanded into the entire story, i would like this book a lot more. the characters in the later half just seem very flat & one dimensional.
the expansive world building also gets in the way of the story very often, especially with all the attention paid to minutiae.
overall enjoyable & compelling at the beginning, fell flat through the middle, and picked up a little at the end when things were coming together, but just fell very short of my expectations. so probably closer to a 2.25/2.5 for unrealized potential.