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Looking forward to my friend Libby sending this to me.
I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for your review, because I’m a little shocked you gave this one 4 stars!! (My taste usually aligns with yours and I didn’t like this one/thought it fell flat)
Cheryl wrote: "Looking forward to my friend Libby sending this to me."
good ol libby
Chelsea Jackson wrote: "I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for your review, because I’m a little shocked you gave this one 4 stars!! (My taste usually aligns with yours and I didn’t like this one/thought it fell flat)"
it's so interesting -- i had many of the same problems you did, but they didn't get to me as much!! i love how varied reading opinions can be
Thanks Emma - your review was spot on. I had the same questions:
- what's up with the unnecessary POV switch?
- why so many unresolved plotlines/character arcs?
This book riveted me early on with its Kafka-esque government loops of sad. I thought the author did a great job creating tension. At first I was distracted by the 3d person present tense, but it created a sense of urgency and pressure which was both fun and frustrating (anyone who has dealt with government inefficiency can relate.)
This started for me as a 5-star book. As the Checkov's guns started to pile up, I dropped it to 4.
When I was down to the last 20 pages, I knew I was going to be disappointed in the ending, and I was. I sadly went with 3.5 stars, rounded down to 3 :/
So many things about this book held promise and made this a good read, but the polish to bring this to a 4 or 5 star book just wasn't there for me. Perhaps this was just a one-off for this particular story? I'd still be interested to read other books by this author, as there was so much potential for this one to be out of the park.
Yes, I am reading this now and I am just like “every bit of this could happen right now” it’s nerve wracking.
The 'unnecessary POV switch' was actually necessary! it was the POV of the woman who was the Dream-company informant. Without that one chapter of hers, we wouldnt have understood why she is contacting Sara, and we wouldnt have understood her presence at the facility. That 'random POV switch' actually wasn't so random.
Khadijah wrote: "The 'unnecessary POV switch' was actually necessary! it was the POV of the woman who was the Dream-company informant. Without that one chapter of hers, we wouldnt have understood why she is contact..."
this does not meet my personal definition of necessary
🩶 April • A.M. Flynn • 🩶 wrote: "Yes, I am reading this now and I am just like “every bit of this could happen right now” it’s nerve wracking."
extremely!
Cristina wrote: "Your description is spot on."
thank you!
wen_s wrote: "Thanks Emma - your review was spot on. I had the same questions:
- what's up with the unnecessary POV switch?
- why so many unresolved plotlines/character arcs?
This book riveted me early on wi..."
i agree with a lot of your thoughts!
The first time I went to the airport after reading this I turned down the new AI picture scanner thing and shocked the TSA lady who unnecessarily explained to me that my face was all over the airport security cameras already
"In spite of feeling about a week and a half away from our current reality..."
The thing is I was so fascinated by the POV shift. Realizing that it was unnecessary and mostly irrelevant to the plot of the story was so disappointing. It had so much potential
I am so glad that you wrote this concise review on exactly what this book is like …. so that I definitively know that neither my heart nor my brain can handle this right now!
Hahahahahahaha “I’m ready to check in NOPE NOPE NOPE NEVERMIND”
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I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for your review, because I’m a little shocked you gave this one 4 stars!! (My taste usually aligns with yours and I didn’t like this one/thought it fell flat)
Cheryl wrote: "Looking forward to my friend Libby sending this to me."good ol libby
Chelsea Jackson wrote: "I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for your review, because I’m a little shocked you gave this one 4 stars!! (My taste usually aligns with yours and I didn’t like this one/thought it fell flat)"it's so interesting -- i had many of the same problems you did, but they didn't get to me as much!! i love how varied reading opinions can be
Thanks Emma - your review was spot on. I had the same questions:- what's up with the unnecessary POV switch?
- why so many unresolved plotlines/character arcs?
This book riveted me early on with its Kafka-esque government loops of sad. I thought the author did a great job creating tension. At first I was distracted by the 3d person present tense, but it created a sense of urgency and pressure which was both fun and frustrating (anyone who has dealt with government inefficiency can relate.)
This started for me as a 5-star book. As the Checkov's guns started to pile up, I dropped it to 4.
When I was down to the last 20 pages, I knew I was going to be disappointed in the ending, and I was. I sadly went with 3.5 stars, rounded down to 3 :/
So many things about this book held promise and made this a good read, but the polish to bring this to a 4 or 5 star book just wasn't there for me. Perhaps this was just a one-off for this particular story? I'd still be interested to read other books by this author, as there was so much potential for this one to be out of the park.
Yes, I am reading this now and I am just like “every bit of this could happen right now” it’s nerve wracking.
The 'unnecessary POV switch' was actually necessary! it was the POV of the woman who was the Dream-company informant. Without that one chapter of hers, we wouldnt have understood why she is contacting Sara, and we wouldnt have understood her presence at the facility. That 'random POV switch' actually wasn't so random.
Khadijah wrote: "The 'unnecessary POV switch' was actually necessary! it was the POV of the woman who was the Dream-company informant. Without that one chapter of hers, we wouldnt have understood why she is contact..."this does not meet my personal definition of necessary
🩶 April • A.M. Flynn • 🩶 wrote: "Yes, I am reading this now and I am just like “every bit of this could happen right now” it’s nerve wracking."extremely!
Cristina wrote: "Your description is spot on."thank you!
wen_s wrote: "Thanks Emma - your review was spot on. I had the same questions:- what's up with the unnecessary POV switch?
- why so many unresolved plotlines/character arcs?
This book riveted me early on wi..."
i agree with a lot of your thoughts!
The first time I went to the airport after reading this I turned down the new AI picture scanner thing and shocked the TSA lady who unnecessarily explained to me that my face was all over the airport security cameras already
"In spite of feeling about a week and a half away from our current reality..."
The thing is I was so fascinated by the POV shift. Realizing that it was unnecessary and mostly irrelevant to the plot of the story was so disappointing. It had so much potential
I am so glad that you wrote this concise review on exactly what this book is like …. so that I definitively know that neither my heart nor my brain can handle this right now!
Hahahahahahaha “I’m ready to check in NOPE NOPE NOPE NEVERMIND”
