Reviews and Comments

The book is divided into two parts: one is the story of the narrator, quite abstract and metaphorical, that I personally found not very interesting. I couldn't care less for what it matters. The second part, which is the real story, tells the story of a family and how the Jeju Massacre affected them. This one reminds me strongly of Human Acts, which is praise in itself. Once more, I learned not only the historical events but also a glimpse of the feelings of the people who suffered them. It is also an easy read that ends up feeling short.

It was some black screens in the game, and a few scenes in the anime. Here it is a full fledge story with all sort of details. I’ll reserve my opinion for when I am done with all of them. So far, 2/4 already read :)

I read this book trying to understand wtf is going on in the US lately. Now I have a better understanding about how they got there, and how it was “inevitable”. If you want to blame someone for that, you can blame the racism, rigged game rules, the dysfunctional southern states, and Nixon.

I liked the hard sci-fi premise, and learnt a lot about the cultural revolution, but at least in the Spanish version the dialogues are awful. They feel incredibly unrealistic, and give me a constant cringe feeling. Probably is just a bad adaptation from Chinese, and in the original version they feel more natural.

Otherwise, looking forward to read the second part. I just hope they don’t speak too much.

A short read while travelling in the trains. Easy to read, presents a quite original idea, but sadly doesn't develop it more, leaving you with thirst for more.

As a video game adaptation, it is not the greatest book, but for the fans of the game, it makes a good summary of the story and established a canon of events (something complicated with so many endings).

It also focuses a lot on the thoughts of the characters and motivations, and also explains some of the most confusing parts of the ending (greatly appreciated).

As engineer, I also found very funny how accurately pods behave like a kubernetes cluster.

If you are a fan of the saga, this could be perfectly a 4-5 stars book because it completes and clarifies the game. If you come with no knowledge, it is a 2-3: entertaining, but not great.

As usual in Sanderson's books, the start is slow, invested into world building and a new “magic system”. The setup has charisma, and we can see how the characters are so different yet so similar, both trapped in their own duties, loneliness, and trauma.