Remnant II

I know it is unlikely the author will read this, let alone respond, but I have to ask if this book was written with the express intent of making me dislike literally every single character? And absolutely loathe the main character, Steve?

As I said in my review of book 1, I have no one to blame but myself. If book 3 doesn't improve dramatically, I'm just going to skip all these Darren penname books and find a wiki that tells me if there is anything worth knowing about the overall Runner universe or not, without having to read this trash.

I know from reading Super-Sales out of order that at some point the author decides to have his characters say more than “Dunno, don't care” followed by Steve Smash, so there's a little hope, but I am definitely becoming dumber on my journey to get there. If there were a drinking game that made me drink every time Steve said he doesn't care, I'd be dead long ago.

Oh, and having your character think, and then having dialogue from another character start up halfway through what they were saying, as if Steve wasn't paying attention (because...he doesn't care enough to pa attention! get it??) was “ok” the first time or two. Now it is super annoying, and is almost as common as Steve not caring. Stahp! 30 or 40 times of any “quirk” is way too many, and I still have another book to go!

Dammit, I wonder if this is what abused spouses feel like. Or most of the people Steve meets, now that I think about it.