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The prose is actively grating. It's so bad oh god. I'm suffering. Grace's internal narration is choppy and cringe and a burden to read. The flashback scenes have, not good prose, but at least not actively making me stop to be annoyed constantly. I persist for rocky and bc sm ppl rec'd it to me and bc I paid REAL MONEY for this. I'll hopefully like the movie since it'll bypass the awful 1st person internal narration
— Apr 18, 2026 10:21PM
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I'm already not a fan of the prose but that's just a staple of certain authors and subgenres I suppose. Especially when there's a focus on the "hard science" of scifi. As if I, personally, give a shit whether my fantastical exploration of various themes and the human condition has plausible science. Hence my preference for character driven space opera. Rocky my little alien guy you better be worth it.
— Apr 16, 2026 09:52PM
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Ok Mr 'i don't understand Star Trek or put politics in my books' I'm gonna go read the story with the rock aliens where /friendship saves the universe/. Wild. Normally we see that rhetoric from right leaning libertarian works but Weir's stories all seem to be ateast somewhat hopeful and centre-liberal leaning??? Despite, apparently, his intentions. All art is political my guy
— Apr 16, 2026 09:48PM
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Apr 20, 2026 06:42PM
but don't you just love how quirky he is when he can't bring himself to swear cause he's a teacher uwu
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Jams wrote: "but don't you just love how quirky he is when he can't bring himself to swear cause he's a teacher uwu"It's SO frustrating!!! Because the story/themes/save the world with rock alien friendship and self-sacrifice is absolutely up my alley and something I should be deeply into. I'm a sap!!! But I hate the writing style. I hate it so bad. Perhaps Weir should spend less time making sure his math/science is 'accurate' (as if I give a shit, it's fucking SPECULATIVE fiction ffs) and more time working on his writer's craft. good lord.
All this because I'm forcing myself to read the book before I watch the movie, when I'm 99% sure I'll like the movie infinitely more.
(it's also laughable about the whole I don't put politics attitude. the WHOLE thing with eva stratt is so heavily political. AND even in his utopia where all the nations are working together (by a UN vote ??? lmao okay) he still has the chinese contingent spying on the americans. yeah. not a political choice at all there my guy)
