Sam DiMascio
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I appreciate a book that gets me in and out doesn’t get too mucked down. So for that, I thank KPS and I can’t rag on it too much.
Will rag on it for a bit though. The characters feel overly engineered, like they are improv actors busting out quips at any given moment. These people are not of this planet. And then throw on the modern references that have no way of translating to probably even 5 years from now. You can’t make a DOOM ETERNAL reference.
The book works best when going into the “science”. Sure it is just exposition dumps but I’m a sucker for scientists going back and forth like this.
I appreciate a book that gets me in and out doesn’t get too mucked down. So for that, I thank KPS and I can’t rag on it too much.
Will rag on it for a bit though. The characters feel overly engineered, like they are improv actors busting out quips at any given moment. These people are not of this planet. And then throw on the modern references that have no way of translating to probably even 5 years from now. You can’t make a DOOM ETERNAL reference.
The book works best when going into the “science”. Sure it is just exposition dumps but I’m a sucker for scientists going back and forth like this.
City of Stairs is what got me into my current reading groove. I had never read more than a handful of books for my own personal pleasure over the years. Something felt special about the whole world Robert Jackson Bennett built.
I won’t go as far to say he’s done it again but it’s fun to see the motifs he plays with. This time being a magical coding world. Mostly threads the needle of the fun of a heist and playing with a somewhat complicated magical system.
It does take a good chunk to get going as I think action is not where RJB excels. Or I’m just dumb. Logistically his writing always makes me feel like I’m missing one piece of the geography to fully map it. That pops up a couple times in the book. But once they get into the actual systems and how that shapes the world we are really cooking.
City of Stairs is what got me into my current reading groove. I had never read more than a handful of books for my own personal pleasure over the years. Something felt special about the whole world Robert Jackson Bennett built.
I won’t go as far to say he’s done it again but it’s fun to see the motifs he plays with. This time being a magical coding world. Mostly threads the needle of the fun of a heist and playing with a somewhat complicated magical system.
It does take a good chunk to get going as I think action is not where RJB excels. Or I’m just dumb. Logistically his writing always makes me feel like I’m missing one piece of the geography to fully map it. That pops up a couple times in the book. But once they get into the actual systems and how that shapes the world we are really cooking.
A cast of characters that I would more than be excited about joining up with again. Felt like things got a little bit too neat and tidy. Was the juice worth the squeeze? Who is to say but give me another journey with Fox and I'm there
A cast of characters that I would more than be excited about joining up with again. Felt like things got a little bit too neat and tidy. Was the juice worth the squeeze? Who is to say but give me another journey with Fox and I'm there
This is the sort of book I think I need to do an audiobook for. This sort of mystery, horror, thriller only works this sort of way for me. There is a certain rhythm. I sort of had a sense of the twist but they really push that intensity up
This is the sort of book I think I need to do an audiobook for. This sort of mystery, horror, thriller only works this sort of way for me. There is a certain rhythm. I sort of had a sense of the twist but they really push that intensity up
