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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[–] Zagam@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whoa whoa whoa, hang on there a second. David Blane would never use enough energy to wave a hand. David Copperfield maybe.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My bad. You're right Copperfield is way more of a flashy showman.

I just pulled the first magician I could think of out of my ass. Like a rabbit. Now how the hell did that get up there?

[–] Zagam@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

Dude, if I had a nickel for every rabb... Know what? This should go to a different thread.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

From your fiery post, seems you had a wild hare up your arse.