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Literature / Re: Yearly Reading Targets 2021
« Last post by The P on February 07, 2021, 08:55:39 pm »The Grand Design by John Marco (2)
Parts of this were pretty good, but I could barely stand any of the chapters featuring the main character. The writing is serviceable, but rarely if ever rises above that level. It has the bones of a good story. The count is interesting. The alchemist/scientist could have been, as with the girl experiment, but Marco just uses them as a plot device without fleshing out the most interesting parts. I was disappointed that the first book barely touched on the religion of Nar, so was excited to learn more in this one. Even more disappointed that it is basically just a generic Catholic stand-in. There are some potentially interesting differences mentioned in passing, but seemed mainly just there for the author to say, "see it's not really Catholicism."
I might read the final volume, but I am in no hurry.
Parts of this were pretty good, but I could barely stand any of the chapters featuring the main character. The writing is serviceable, but rarely if ever rises above that level. It has the bones of a good story. The count is interesting. The alchemist/scientist could have been, as with the girl experiment, but Marco just uses them as a plot device without fleshing out the most interesting parts. I was disappointed that the first book barely touched on the religion of Nar, so was excited to learn more in this one. Even more disappointed that it is basically just a generic Catholic stand-in. There are some potentially interesting differences mentioned in passing, but seemed mainly just there for the author to say, "see it's not really Catholicism."
I might read the final volume, but I am in no hurry.