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Far from the Light of Heaven
by Tade Thompson
2.5 or maybe 2.75? I don't know but it's not a 3 I can tell you that.
The book started off with so much promise. It began an as a sci-fi murder mystery and then delved into a more creepy haunted house-esque murder mystery but in a spaceship. And then somewhere along the way, around the middle of the book, it began to drop off and I found myself increasingly annoyed with the ever shifting pacing and the constant build up. It started to feel like a bad club remix to a song. You know, where the beat is building up and you're waiting for it to drop but it goes on for way too long until finally when it does drop, it doesn't even end up being that good?
Thats what the climax to this book felt like. Finally all the questions I had were being answered but instead of me going "Heh, I figured as such." Or "Wow, what a twist!" I was more along the lines of "That's it? Why is this plot point coming in now when the book is almost over?" I was more disappointed than anything.
So overall, this book didn't feel like an entire waste of time but I was very disappointed with the ending and it's lead up to it.
The book started off with so much promise. It began an as a sci-fi murder mystery and then delved into a more creepy haunted house-esque murder mystery but in a spaceship. And then somewhere along the way, around the middle of the book, it began to drop off and I found myself increasingly annoyed with the ever shifting pacing and the constant build up. It started to feel like a bad club remix to a song. You know, where the beat is building up and you're waiting for it to drop but it goes on for way too long until finally when it does drop, it doesn't even end up being that good?
Thats what the climax to this book felt like. Finally all the questions I had were being answered but instead of me going "Heh, I figured as such." Or "Wow, what a twist!" I was more along the lines of "That's it? Why is this plot point coming in now when the book is almost over?" I was more disappointed than anything.
So overall, this book didn't feel like an entire waste of time but I was very disappointed with the ending and it's lead up to it.