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  1. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I'm currently trying to finish the last book of NK Jemisen's Broken Earth series. I love fantasy and scifi, but this has been a slog. It's not bad, but the characters feel very two-dimensional,...

    I'm currently trying to finish the last book of NK Jemisen's Broken Earth series. I love fantasy and scifi, but this has been a slog. It's not bad, but the characters feel very two-dimensional, and it's very hard to feel invested in their story. Their behavior and choices are oddly inconsistent (e.g. someone takes offense to a slur one minute, then is using it themselves the next.) Book 2 was especially arduous. I don't understand how all three won Hugo awards.

    Pushing myself to finish the third book so I can start Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time.

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  2. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    Seconding this recommendation! For some reason, the series lists Network Effect before Fugitive Telemetry, when it should be the other way around. Read Network Effect last!

    Seconding this recommendation! For some reason, the series lists Network Effect before Fugitive Telemetry, when it should be the other way around. Read Network Effect last!

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