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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[–] warbond@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Exactly what keeps me from writing anything, which is silly, but I hate the idea of somebody reading something I wrote and thinking, "what an idiot" 😔

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I read/watch popular but stupid stuff to remind myself things don't need to be accurate to be entertaining.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, I am sorry… but you can see this thread: even if there are quite some inaccuracy on the math and physics side of things, many people still really enjoyed this book (my partner included, even after hearing my rant many time). You should not censor yourself! (But accept criticism and improve from it). You go gender-neutral-guy!

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Haha, thank you, I appreciate the sentiment! I recognize that this is a Me Problem, but in classic fashion I think I can overcome this, too, with just a little bit of self-improvement in a slightly new area of expertise. I mean really, how hard could it be?