When I first added this book to my TBR, I wasn’t expecting it to be a literary masterpiece. What I expected was a fun time and an interesting dive in When I first added this book to my TBR, I wasn’t expecting it to be a literary masterpiece. What I expected was a fun time and an interesting dive in the profession of the main character, who is a therapist. I didn’t get any of that, all I got from this book were eye-rolls. If I can guess the main plot twist like 10 pages into your thriller, let me tell you, you are not doing a great job. It was literally so obvious it hurt to keep reading, because there was nothing driving me to find out more. There were one or two minor twists that I predicted later on, but the biggest reveal wasn’t that much of a shocking one for me, which is sad. The general plot was also a big let down. I literally came up with dozens of more interesting ways this could have gone, one of which I was convinced was going to be the real plot twist, because I simply refused to believe that the author could make such a basic choice. Well, she did make it and I was pissed, because my idea was much more fun and entertaining. The main character was annoying and, pardon my French, a fucking idiot. There’s a fine line between an unreliable narrator and a stupid main character, which in this case was widely crossed. Also, I am tired of thriller main characters being unreliable because of drugs and/or alcool abuse. Give me something more interesting than that, I am begging you. Speaking of which, there’s a certain point (I guess you can consider this a mild spoiler? So skip to the next paragraph if you don’t want to know anything) when Chloe gets knocked out for I don’t remember how long by another character slipping some drugs in her drink. Now, if she has been addicted to psychiatric drugs for literal years, shouldn’t she have developed a certain resistance to substance? It’s one of the first things they explained to us, when we attended a “Why are drugs dangerous?” seminar in primary school. How am I supposed to suspend my disbelief when things are this absurd it’s beyond me. The writing also didn’t help this book to be more bearable. Quite the contrary, to be honest. Already the whole thing was boring due to its predictability, and the writing only added to the complete disinterest I had for A Flicker in the Dark. It was repetitive to a fault, and there were many useless paragraphs which only made the pacing slower and slower. I honestly would not recommend this, if you are looking for an engaging thriller, because this was one of the most boring ones I’ve ever read. There was nothing: no plot, no characters, no atmosphere, no thrills. There are many thriller books out there that are a better way to spend your money and time on, as far as I am concerned. What I will say is that, if it’s true they are going to make a TV show out of this, I will be watching it. Especially if Emma Stone is going to star in it and not just produce it. Maybe, some of the problems due to the bad writing will be solved by the screenwriters. Honestly, I hope they change the plot as well, and I usually detest it when it happens with adaptations. ...more
I have had this book on my TBR for what feels like ten years, but it’s more likely seven. I have also owned this book ever since Christmas. Of 2018. WI have had this book on my TBR for what feels like ten years, but it’s more likely seven. I have also owned this book ever since Christmas. Of 2018. Which is five years ago… Yeah. I don’t know why it took me this long to finally pick up this book, and I wonder whether I would have liked it more had I read it back when I first bought it. Probably not, I may even have disliked it more, had I read it like in 2020, but still, one has to wonder. The main issue I had with The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is that it was not a novel, or at least it did not feel like it for me. What it felt like was a 400-pages long world building and character study. It seemed to me that the author had just jotted down all her ideas about the different species, planets and how different people were going to interact with one another, but failed to come up with a plot. There was something, under all the character and world exploration, but it was not enough to justify the length of this book, to be honest. I appreciate the ideas, which is why I gave this 2 and not 1 star, but I am also disappointed. This had the potential to be great, but then again, everyone loves it, so maybe it’s just me. Had I at least liked the character, maybe I would have given a higher rating. Unfortunately, I didn’t care about them. I didn’t actively dislike most of them — some I really did, though — it’s just that I wasn’t invested in their lives and their relationships, and I found myself constantly bored and checking how many pages I had left until I finished the book for good. The writing style itself was not bad, but neither was it this awesome cozy style I was lead to believe it to be. Some of the dialogues, in my humble reviewer opinion, were kind of cringe and some bits of this dragged so much I was tempted to switch to the audiobook. Unfortunately, I did not like the narration either, so I suffered through the whole thing with my eyes. I don’t have much more to say, other than the fact that I am extremely disappointed. I was so sure I was going to love this, and I was ready to feel like an idiot for having procrastinated picking it up for so long. In the end, my subconscious was right and I should have kept waiting and waiting, instead of actually reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. I am definitely not going to read the other books in this series, and I am debating whether I should give A Psalm for the Wild-Built a try or not. If you’ve read both series, can you please let me know if you think I’d enjoy the latter, having disliked the former? Thanks!...more
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