Enceladus

by Maks Dieter

Genres: Science Fiction

334 pages, ebook

Published February 8, 2021

Reviews

[Mateusz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Norbert Staszak · Rating 2 out of 5]

The only viable perspective how to read this book is satire, but it does not excuse some things this book is lacking. Starting with occassional typing errors (radośći I believe), bad punctuation (no commas before który-variants) and spelling (chart ducha - 🐶), the book is structured in a linear way and I have a feeling it was written similarly, chapter by chapter. Although some character background info is provided, it is not convincing. Thus, all the deaths do not bear any weight. Constant inclusions of unnatural elements seem cheap. The crazy story that changes the fundamentals of anthropology needs to be more elaborate, as it does not even try to convince readers. Yet certainly no characters need any convincing... In the current form it feels like a teen book... For children of people with tin foil hats.

[Marta · Rating 1 out of 5]

To jest ksiazka której nie skończę. Nie mam pojecia czy sama ksiazka jest zla czy zawiniło tlumaczenie i korekta, moze to i to. Postacie płaskie, wszystko powierzchnie opisane. Mam wrażenie że autor napisal ją na szybko, bez jakiegokolwiek zastanowienia. Dotyka w ksiazce tematow, o ktorych nie ma pojęcia. Nie polecam.

[NATALIA PROBOLA]

DNF
maybe it just wansn't for me, but i found it REALLY irritating- not the writing, but the story and the characters.

[Ina · Rating 3 out of 5]

(English is not my first language, so I’m sorry if I commit any grammar errors)

If I’m being honest I only liked a few things about this book. And it was mostly the way the author connected religions, mythology and technology with each other. He had a great idea but well…
The writing style was pretty fine UNLESS we’re talking about dialogues. I swear I read fanfictions in which the way characters talk with each other was less cringy and not so awkwardly predictable.
The way the plot was slowly revealing secrets throughout (approximately) the first half of the book was actually interesting and I really felt as if I wanted to find out more and more but then? Just when the peak was about to happen, the whole plot’s most crucial moment about to be…it lasted like idk 3 seconds? I mean the characters were getting ready for a fight which everyone thought was going to be an extremely hard of a battle for Earth, humanity, life…and here goes nothing. They just defeat the enemy in a blink of an eye.
The characters were also pretty stereotypical. The girls? Crybabies, which need comfort from the male part of the group. The Japanese guy? Quiet, polite, able sacrifice himself. But let’s be for real we’re all just human at the end of the day, in some moments people just can’t stay calm and collected. And of course those aren’t their only personality traits but c’mon?
Also the relationship between Mark and Lena is definitely shallow, literally born based off of nothing, they just suddenly decide they’re in love with each other but also forget about it most of the time and sometimes just randomly reminding themselves about it. And the epilogue? Suddenly they’re married and have a kid? After like 3 months of knowing each other, that’s insane.
Also not to mention how heartless were described the deaths of characters, I literally felt nothing, I almost forgot that they died, it was so unemotional just „who dies, dies and that’s it”. And it could be done so much better since the characters find themselves in situations extremely stressful and they have to act under a lot of pressure but the author just missed that opportunity. There’s a lot going on and none of them has a proper break down even after a few people died right before their eyes? I’m aware that they were trained to hold themselves together in situations that are really stressful, but like I mentioned before, we’re all just human and when they forget that someone just died after a few minutes it’s kind of making them seem more like machines.
Speaking of machines, Ellie suddenly gaining feelings and regretting that she was a bad AI? Woah, did the author really not have literally any other idea for her ending? Or for any ending whatsoever, just „we’re gonna defeat Set with the power of friendship”? I’m aware that I criticize that book a lot but this is so cliché I swear as it gets boring. And everybody knows that for a long time already. I quite frankly understand why someone would like this book but I’ve read enough in my lifetime to know that wasn’t something really worth my personal time (it’s just my opinion, I’m talking about MY time, if you like it, it’s fine). Even though as a mythology nerd and a nerd in general I found many bits and pieces intriguing, as a whole I wouldn’t really say I liked the book.

[Klaudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pomysł ciekawy, ale wykonanie średnio ciekawe.

Przydałaby się tu porządna korekta, bo liczba źle postawionych przecinków woła o pomstę do nieba. Zwróciłam uwagę też na swą błędy ortograficzne (prześmieszne swoją drogą), kilka błędów odmiany i pominięte słówka.

[sabina walczyńska · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Rafał · Rating 3 out of 5]

Akcja bardzo ciekawie się rozwija, jednak autor zbyt szybko postanowił przelecieć moment rozładowujący akcję i przez to czuje się duży niedosyt treści.

[Jacek Orłowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

po prostu przeczytałem.

[Weronika · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pierwsza część, kiedy lecimy na Enceladusa,... jest. Poznajemy załogę, która jest płaska jak papier. Niczym się nie wyróżnia spośród nienajlepszych książek Sci-fi. Mamy zagadkę, dlaczego SI coś im szwankuje, ale jest to nie do uwierzenia, że tak poważna wyprawa nie ma żadnych awaryjnych rozwiązań na wypadek, gdyby coś się stało. To SI w pewnym momencie kontroluje wszystko i prawie zabija załogę. Dalej, rozwiązanie całej tajemnicy Enceladusa... Mam dość motywu nadistot, które w sumie okazują się bogami i to wszystko rozwiązuje. Podobnie z super zaawansowaną SI, bo wtedy możesz zrobić wszystko, wymyślić wszystko, i najczęściej to nie ma sensu, i traci autentyczność, realizm. Podobnie ze śmiercią jednej postaci, która dwa razy zmartwychwstaje, bo nadistoty czy technologia. A jak ona działa, ktoś by zapytał? To jest zbyt zaawansowana technologia i wy ludzie jesteście za głupi, żeby ją zrozumieć. Tak się robi, kiedy nie masz pomysłu i nie chce ci się nic wymyślać.