Remarkably Bright Creatures

DNF at 11%: Oooh, big fat no.

I wanted to listen to the audiobook during work. It was going fine; I didn't really care for Tova yet, and although Marcellus rubbed me off as pompous, he was funny. And an octopus, so of course I could overlook that.

But then, Cameron. Only one chapter into his narration and I was already annoyed. He speaks like an angsty teen that just learned how to swear. He said, “bicep day's been lit at the gym lately.” How very how-do-you-do-fellow-kids of you, Shelby.

I wasn't enjoying it at all. That change in tone gave me whiplash. It was so dull, I spent close to three hours replaying the chapter because I wasn't taking anything in. I assumed he would make regular interventions, and the feeble interest I had in the other characters was not enough for me to put up with this. As Cameron once said, “...ugh.”

The premise sounded really interesting but oh well, on to better books.