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You made it farther than I did - I only made it to 9%, and I was already sick of the word "Bitch" and "Princess."
Interesting. The first of the two words mentioned in the previous comment is used exactly twice in the first 10% of the book in fact you have to go to Chapter 9 at 27% to find it used again. 10 times total. Both early uses are internal monologue too. It does get thrown out in dialogue once or twice in the whole book.
Princess is thrown around more certainly 10 whole times in the first 10% 104 total in 448 pages, but well... I guess you didn't finish it, so I won't spoil anyone's character arcs for you.
I do personally wish the f*ck had been dropped more sparingly even though I see it as contextually reasonable for a miner/sailor/roughneck type character in the circumstances. Enjoyed the book though it did create some moments that were uncomfortable, partially because all the characters have something to relate to in them, as I saw it.
I did think there was way too much repetition. Of words, of entire trains of thought, or even of entire scene content (like dog fight action that just keeps repeating). But I also found that especially the main character just kept saying and thinking the same thing over and over, across apparently weeks of time.
Maybe it's filler content, maybe just a bit of a lack of creativity in the dialogue design. But the whole book needs to be much more efficient.
Yes. It's like reading a teenager's sexual fantasies. Manga-sized eyes are a big red flag to me. The ideas are naive and immature and there is a lot of dialogue that nobody needs. I tried, I rarely left a book unfinished, but when I reached the big boring flashback I abandoned ship because I realized that I was not interested in the character at all.
Thank you. The author's wife is currently promoting this on Reddit (apparently it's up for some award), but from what you've explained I also would not be able to handle the ick, so it's not going on my TBR.
After having finished the novel, I can understand why some would be bothered by the language or violence. My viewpoint is that these sequences read as being real. Life isn’t always beautiful and the characters we read about should reflect that. This is a novel for adults and, given that, it should be allowed breathing room to express the grosser aspects of life. It didn’t detract from my reading experience and, in fact, I gained a lot of joy solely because I was reading a novel which wasn’t so obviously controlled by modern day politics. It wasn’t afraid to speak about the depravity of a man and I appreciated that.
I DNF'ed as well and just checked it was exactly at 23% as well. The characters were all 12 year olds.
The neo-puritans hate it, which means it's doing something right. I'll give it a try.
Sounds like the character has serious issues, internal conflicts and is far from perfect. This review convinced me to check it out, so thanks.
I can't wait to read this it sounds amazing!
I can see where you're coming from, but there's a whole element of him being alone in space for very long periods of time and her being genetically modified to be THE most attractive woman, a doll made by her mom to be married off as a trophy wife to better the family's position somewhere. The collision of that on top of everything else going on plays out well over the course of the book as their relationship improves.
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You made it farther than I did - I only made it to 9%, and I was already sick of the word "Bitch" and "Princess."
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Interesting. The first of the two words mentioned in the previous comment is used exactly twice in the first 10% of the book in fact you have to go to Chapter 9 at 27% to find it used again. 10 times total. Both early uses are internal monologue too. It does get thrown out in dialogue once or twice in the whole book. Princess is thrown around more certainly 10 whole times in the first 10% 104 total in 448 pages, but well... I guess you didn't finish it, so I won't spoil anyone's character arcs for you.
I do personally wish the f*ck had been dropped more sparingly even though I see it as contextually reasonable for a miner/sailor/roughneck type character in the circumstances. Enjoyed the book though it did create some moments that were uncomfortable, partially because all the characters have something to relate to in them, as I saw it.
I did think there was way too much repetition. Of words, of entire trains of thought, or even of entire scene content (like dog fight action that just keeps repeating). But I also found that especially the main character just kept saying and thinking the same thing over and over, across apparently weeks of time.Maybe it's filler content, maybe just a bit of a lack of creativity in the dialogue design. But the whole book needs to be much more efficient.
Yes. It's like reading a teenager's sexual fantasies. Manga-sized eyes are a big red flag to me. The ideas are naive and immature and there is a lot of dialogue that nobody needs. I tried, I rarely left a book unfinished, but when I reached the big boring flashback I abandoned ship because I realized that I was not interested in the character at all.
Thank you. The author's wife is currently promoting this on Reddit (apparently it's up for some award), but from what you've explained I also would not be able to handle the ick, so it's not going on my TBR.
After having finished the novel, I can understand why some would be bothered by the language or violence. My viewpoint is that these sequences read as being real. Life isn’t always beautiful and the characters we read about should reflect that. This is a novel for adults and, given that, it should be allowed breathing room to express the grosser aspects of life. It didn’t detract from my reading experience and, in fact, I gained a lot of joy solely because I was reading a novel which wasn’t so obviously controlled by modern day politics. It wasn’t afraid to speak about the depravity of a man and I appreciated that.
I DNF'ed as well and just checked it was exactly at 23% as well. The characters were all 12 year olds.
The neo-puritans hate it, which means it's doing something right. I'll give it a try.
Sounds like the character has serious issues, internal conflicts and is far from perfect. This review convinced me to check it out, so thanks.
I can't wait to read this it sounds amazing!
I can see where you're coming from, but there's a whole element of him being alone in space for very long periods of time and her being genetically modified to be THE most attractive woman, a doll made by her mom to be married off as a trophy wife to better the family's position somewhere. The collision of that on top of everything else going on plays out well over the course of the book as their relationship improves.
