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A review by didyousaybooks
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
It feels a bit unfair because I did not go very far into this book but the few pages I read were difficult for me to get through.
Did not like the writing, confusing and yet overexplained and the characters unappealing to me, especially with the clichés and Insta love (mariage?!). I just don’t get it.
I liked the idea of the sentient ship personified with a body but in the few pages I read, except the fact that yes, Rice Fish is indeed everywhere and yet, they just felt like a regular person, despite the effort to explain that she is indeed different and…a spaceship.
I don’t know really how to explain it, I just know it’s not for me, and that’s ok, I hope it can be for someone else.
Did not like the writing, confusing and yet overexplained and the characters unappealing to me, especially with the clichés and Insta love (mariage?!). I just don’t get it.
I liked the idea of the sentient ship personified with a body but in the few pages I read, except the fact that yes, Rice Fish is indeed everywhere and yet, they just felt like a regular person, despite the effort to explain that she is indeed different and…a spaceship.
I don’t know really how to explain it, I just know it’s not for me, and that’s ok, I hope it can be for someone else.