Mack’s Reviews > Notes on a Colonial Situation in Hell > Status Update

It’s getting to be a bit of a let down :-(

I’m enjoying it still, but the characters’ inner thoughts and dialogues are so… overwritten? I can’t describe it well, but it feels like Penner is trying so hard to be “literary” yet “edgy” and it falls flat for me.

Local bookstore was selling this even tho it’s not out officially yet. Plus I just couldn’t resist this premise. Lots of setting up of various plot lines so tbh it’s confusing, but the worldbuilding is interesting. I’m sat