Wrapped up the first book after much struggle. Am I crazy for finding it extremely poorly written? Writing aside, the characters suck, the motivations suck, and the scenario building feels like it was tossed together by a 12 year old. I don't get the hype. Everything is paper thin. The fictional science aspect is the most compelling part but as a cohesive whole it fails to land.

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

oh no, Ted Chiang is a delight!

[–] zonnewin@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

Ted Chiang is one of my favourite authors.