Lukas

Not bad but also not my cup of tea - it's a romance after all.

I've heard that this book was wrongly advertised as YA, because it's actually for adults and smut. Well... I arrived here for smut

For super long time I'm trying to finish this crap to get it off my list, but every time I'm getting back to it, it feels like super freaking waste of time. So sorry for interesting story which is generally contained within this series (not this particular entry), although this series was never about writing style (IMO) - which is over-simplistic.

I just wanted to test if audiobooks are still a pass for me or not. Happily I'm ok with them now, especially that my current job makes my brain unable to read in any reasonable speed but it allows me to listen while driving.

So... I heard a lot about Sanderson. A lot of good things. Soooo... my first rating was 2 out of 5 and my brain called it “bad but edible”. But later I picked a different title and the contrast between this and that other title was so enormous... Right now I'm just angry that there is a popular author who earns a shitload of money, makes a crowdfunding to earn another huge pile and... and produces this? It would be an impressive book from a teenager but not from an established author. From such an author that is popular it's a shameless money grab and I am so sorry that I have even made another read count in Libby for it... it didn't deserve my time, my attention nor the slightest bit of any earning this read gives him. “Edible” is not enough when there are so many, too many good titles fighting for limited time of readers.

Soooo... I wonder... I will probably avoid Sanderson for a long time. Maybe even in general and forever. Super bad first impression.

Attempted to read it again. This time actually listen to. I think I disengaged at almost the same spot somewhere in the middle. I love sci-fi but this... is... so... thoroughly... boooooring... can't force myself. Characters are without any meet, bone, soul or for the matter of fact - character. Doesn't help that the “game” idea reminds of the most cheesy and ridiculous holders episodes of Star Trek (I thoroughly hated these). Let it end in forever DNF category. I really do not understand what drove people to go through until the end and to praise it... The end is unreachable for me, thus whatever “genius” supposedly awaits there... well sorry... won't make it. These horrible, long monologues... impossible to digest and reminds me of the worst of school reading assignments