Status Updates From The Engines of God (The Aca...

Okay so this book does this thing where something will be significant to a character, but you don't know till later. Instead of an omniscient narrator, or being really in the head of one character you are kinda like a 3rd person who sometimes hears the thoughts of others.

I've been thinking about this book. I feel like it almost kind of reads like a movie. A cheesy 80's movie but that is kinda fun. While the concept is really interesting, the writing doesn't always give you a lot of room to guess on your own. And some of the writing seems more focused on characters and politics that aren't as interesting as the mystery to be solved.

Oh yeah now we're getting somewhere

I was worried the funeral would DRAG ON. But literally it was a half page. The plots thickens. I am feeling better about the story at this point. We shall see.

Maybe I'm just too excited about the other books on my list, maybe I read spoilers by accident. But I'm about half way through the book, and I just want to know the answer to the mystery. It doesn't feel like it's building very well. Maybe it will build then explode in an awesome ending but we will see.

It got pretty quick to the first hook, I'm really interested to see where it goes. I really like that news headlines at the end of each chapter. That really helps add some environmental story telling that doesn't have to be exposition.