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I'm really struggling to get through this one. Still at about 65%.
I haven't started it yet, but I'm in a mood to read light books at the moment, so I may give it up beforehand... Is it the writing or pacing or what are you struggling with Shawnie?
The main is difficult to like. The pacing is good with lots of action. The writing is very good. I'm finding I'm not a fan of classic SciFi. Maybe it's me and not the book. Way Station has been one of the few that I absolutely loved.
Thanks Shawnie. I'm overbooked (!) atm so I think I'll leave it for now and see how much of october is left when I've read the other books I'm reading.
This is a reread for me and I didn't understand the end any more the second time than the first time. What's up with that????
Sandy wrote: "This is a reread for me and I didn't understand the end any more the second time than the first time. What's up with that????"Sandy, what a complete letdown! HAHA
Really! I was like what? Good up till the end. Not a MC easy to like - at all. But an interesting character. Then it was huh? Author totally lost me.
I finally finished and didn't like the end, though I was paying attention because of your comment here. haha
I was fine with the book, but that is about all I can say about it. It was fine.The problem for me wasn't that the protagonist was hard to like, there have been several books where I didn't "like" the main character, but instead the problem was that the main character is largely one dimensional and uninteresting. When he undergoes any kind of character change, it is largely just as a story device.
There is a part where he and another character fall in love with one another, but there is no reason why either one of them would fall for the other except to provide an additional plot twist near the end of the story.
As for the ending itself, I think it is a reflection of the era when it was written, where the protagonists frequently had to transcend their earthly form into some higher being or variation of the star child from 2001: A Space Odyssey. But especially in this instance, it just seemed like a jumbled mess.
I just read chapter 1 twice and I'm STILL not sure I understand it. It's kind of strange.
It gets less confusing until the end - then it goes off the deep end into "say what??"
Yes, what Sandy said! lol
