#but this impression may be in part bc my brother compared it to illminae levels of suspense and. it is definitely not there

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losing it

#none of this even goes together 😭 you know what that’s iconic of him actually v true gennaro he’s so so cool #personal #i am FINALLY abt to finish this god #i can’t say it’s a favorite #heavily favors plot over character interaction & study #i can see why like it’s not a bad writing decision per se but it’s not quite my cup of tea #i prefer strong character focus #everyone in this is v flat #they all seem more like plot devices than actual characters #also it tries to be suspenseful but doesn’t entirely pull it off a lot of the time imo #like it’s Really obvious exactly what’s going to happen at least until the end at which point it becomes more unpredictable #but this impression may be in part bc my brother compared it to illminae levels of suspense and. it is definitely not there #so i had expectations that may be marring my judgement #i do also think i would have enjoyed it more if i didn’t know sm abt it already? like there ARE several parts where the suspense is pulled #off well but even those didn’t do much for me bc i’m already familiar w them from my brother’s rambling #which is not the fault of the book at all #it’s just my own issue #and it was p slow for a good while in the middle which is why it took me so long to get through #but i really liked both the beginning and the end #it speeds up a lot in the last hundred pages or so #and the beginning was super intriguing all around i loved it #SO. yeah it has its merits and i can def see why other people like it (i did love the theoretical musings and hard science aspects of it!) #and i did really like studying the themes prevalent throughout #but overall not a favorite #still going to read the lost world at some point tho bc my ap lit teacher said it’s much better (though he does also love the first) and my #brother agrees that it’s better written despite his sentimental feelings toward the first #but i’m definitely going to read smth else in between probably mi & les mis