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I almost didn’t finish reading, after putting it down for a week around the 80 page mark. Yet, here I am writing a review at 11.30pm, having read the last ~70 pages in one go. It’s very well written, though perhaps a little too “educated” for me; the protagonist, a character who keeps moving forward and then retreating over his own thinking, I found difficult. Emotive but slightly unsatisfying.
I almost didn’t finish reading, after putting it down for a week around the 80 page mark. Yet, here I am writing a review at 11.30pm, having read the last ~70 pages in one go. It’s very well written, though perhaps a little too “educated” for me; the protagonist, a character who keeps moving forward and then retreating over his own thinking, I found difficult. Emotive but slightly unsatisfying.
It just isn't very well written. Perhaps I am the wrong audience.
Characters seem to do things without no prior knowledge or experience. Things happen in a moment that would take a lot of time and effort. If it were a film it would be 80% montage. The characters don't make much sense.
Frank Herbert spent 6 years developing the universe Dune was set in. The "Red Rising" universe is "plausible-sounding" but not very believable. It reads how someone unfamiliar with the genre would think Dune was. It's not original; it doesn't bring anything new to the table.
Read this book if you're thinking about writing a novel and don't think you're good enough yet.
It just isn't very well written. Perhaps I am the wrong audience.
Characters seem to do things without no prior knowledge or experience. Things happen in a moment that would take a lot of time and effort. If it were a film it would be 80% montage. The characters don't make much sense.
Frank Herbert spent 6 years developing the universe Dune was set in. The "Red Rising" universe is "plausible-sounding" but not very believable. It reads how someone unfamiliar with the genre would think Dune was. It's not original; it doesn't bring anything new to the table.
Read this book if you're thinking about writing a novel and don't think you're good enough yet.