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the current politcal regime and the upstart counter movement are never defined. What the hell is an extemporist and what is a revivalist and what do they believe in. we'll never know! what is the structure of this society and how does it shape inter-character relations? we'll never know. the characters themselves are badly written and have no memorable features. faceless and interchangeable. very disappointing novel

unearned

writing is really good but the main character could DO more yk? Give my guy some agency fr, why does his roommate and boss kind of do everything for him. He's just not as compelling as I would like? Also the other POV drags a little bit. Same issue with Guy, living in her head is just a little dry. The world is super interesting tho, i just wished i liked the eyes we see it through a little bit more than i do

One sentence has 7 commas. I am on page 3.

One sentence had a semi colon, and em-dash, AND a comma. There’s no way you need all of that. I am on page 2

Too many commas. I am one single page in and the editor should have taken out 75% of the commas and told the author to restructure every sentence if they really felt like all of these commas were needed. Oh my god

no way Suzanne Colins reheated Red Risings old nachos

so far banging. absolutely no where near as violent as i thought it would be based on everyone is talking about it but maybe it gets worse idk. It feels like its moving really fast? took way less time to set up characters than i was expecting, they dont feel as full as i thought they would? still having a good time though very excited to see how it ends

Certainly creative. Palmer def knows how to write a plot, this might have been the most plot in any book I've ever read. However, shes not very good at writing characters. People would die and I really dgaf. Definitely unlike any other series I've ever read, ver very ambitious, and I would probably get it more if I read it a second time.

noooo the book that outlawed gender for 3.7 books got a little gender-essentialist on me how could this ever happen. the idea that women are more humane or wouldv'e made this war "better" is insane when one woman in THIS CURRENT BOOK successfully nuked the moon TWICE, one is a stalker/global cult leader that tortures people, and another is actively trying to commit a genocide. strange position to take at the very end

the series which has outlawed gender for the past three and a half books better not be getting gender-essentialist on me

so bad i cant force myself to continue

21% of the way through an nothing has happened. I have no idea why any of these characters would want to murder someone. THIS IS A MURSER MYSTERY. They’re all so one note and boring. There was no need to have 5 main characters, they’re similar enough it could have just been 3. The magic system makes no sense and I’m getting the feeling it won’t be explained any more than it already has. Boring!

Omg they killed Franz Ferdinand

I’m realizing I like this series so much because it’s just a retelling of the First World War with all of the political buildup and interconnectedness that caused it. Banging

still confused. starting to become a little bit clearer, the motivations of some of the characters and how they tie together is starting to be a bit better. Still wish the stakes were better defined, or maybe i missed them? I dont really get what the big deal is about the seven-ten list or what will happen if the public finds out it was stolen? if someone unexpected wrote it? like i just dont get what the deal is

So insanely confused. The writing is good but i never have any idea whats going on. Hoping things become a lot clearer with time

Banging so far. Spooky and scary, the translation is soooo good doesn’t even feel like it’s a translated work it’s so natural. Really impressive artwork, author is really good at setting up tension

fine

oh and the simulation stuff feels hamfisted. Character walking to his house on his moon colony actively thinking about "oh does anything matter if its not real" and then is like omg I cant wait for the scheduled rain to come! Even if the rain isn't spontaneous or "real" in the literal sense I still love it! like dude you have to separate those two thoughts a little bit. Let me ponder yk

And the time travel / simulation stuff is very 2015 tumblr to be so real. The connections between the characters feel very secondary and convenient, like the book feels plotted out rather than unfurling naturally i guess? Like im always aware of the author behind the writing. Also the exerpt of the book tour book was so bad. hope it gets better in the last half

Started very strong, second perspective was kind of boring but whatever, third one sucked actual ass. Felt like an author insert who wrote the most boring novel of all time and couldn't be bothered to think about it critically. We follow her through a book tour, and people are like "why did you make this part anticlimatic" and "what are the themes" and shes like oh haha i didnt think that far into it. HUH??

This author doesn’t know how to get information across in any elegant way at all. It’s 100% long winded infodumping from damn near omniscient characters. He’s introduced off-brand three-eyed raven right now, and it’s just a full rip off of game of thrones. Soooo insanely bad oh my god

Starting to feel like things are just kind of happening. Some of these characters are fucking stupid. Let’s send the nazi sympathizer with an army of 30 000 people to go arrest the nazi, surely she won’t betray us! Characters are all split up and they’re boring on their own. Everyone who figures something out dies the next scene without updating anyone. Honestly a huge downgrade compared to book 1.

Super boring until the last 40% and then it gets insane. honestly such a sick as hell concept, but the character work could be better. Main characters older sister dies and she basically goes "oh no :( anyway" which feels insane. Author is definitely more preoccupied with plot over character. Very concerned in the future of the trilogy tho bc i dont know how you solve these issues in two more books. we shall see

Good concept but I don’t really care about anything happening or any of the characters? I have no idea how much time has past, none of the interpersonal connections or intrigue are really landing for me so far. Not bad but disappointing

banger. cant wait for the end.

So insanely good. This book feels like it was written with all of my interests in mind