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Last night finished the book Mickey7 (soon to be a movie named Mickey17).
Was underwhelmed. It felt like an overpadded novella. Turns out it started life out as a novella and was pushed into a novel.
Has a lot of “You can see where this is going…” and then he EXPLAINS where it is going.
If you are going to write a book, never, ever treat your readers as if they are morons.
Sadly, most of the book isn’t new or unusual territory (despite the testimonials)—its standard Star Trek material.
@feloneouscat BUT, since half the public reads at a sixth grade level or below...
But it’s even older than Star Trek (see The Fly). Transporter gone wrong is an old trope. The book takes a different take, but it is essentially the same idea and the book adds very little to the exploration of “what is self?”
In my humble opinion I think it is an overly cavalier book until the last 10% (YES! 90% of it is padding!) when it FINALLY gets to its central thesis.
And it wasn’t a “Wow, I didn’t see that coming” as much as a “Wow, finally.”
Very disappointed.