Eric Stone
I really tried with this one, over a period of MONTHS, but it just went on and on for me. I love hard sci-fi - Seveneves is one of my absolute favorites - so I’m usually fine with technical density, but here the world-building just completely buried the story.
Neither the characters nor the plot ever really hooked me. I kept waiting for that moment where I’d finally start caring about what happened to these people, but it never came. Eventually, I realized I was just forcing myself to turn pages. It just felt dry in a way that Seveneves didn't.
I really tried with this one, over a period of MONTHS, but it just went on and on for me. I love hard sci-fi - Seveneves is one of my absolute favorites - so I’m usually fine with technical density, but here the world-building just completely buried the story.
Neither the characters nor the plot ever really hooked me. I kept waiting for that moment where I’d finally start caring about what happened to these people, but it never came. Eventually, I realized I was just forcing myself to turn pages. It just felt dry in a way that Seveneves didn't.