Patrick Hansen’s Reviews > The Engines of God > Status Update

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

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.