I had a bad feeling that it'd be garbage when I ordered it. I made it about half way through, and I'm not sure I can bother reading the rest of it.
Cline isn't a good writer but I enjoyed the first book. It was a fun story and the nostalgia was enjoyable. He can't write dialogue to save his life. Luckily there wasn't much dialogue in the first book. There's a lot of dialogue in the second. His characters are established and then remain static caricatures outside of the protagonist.
There was a little sjw bullshit in the first, but pretty minimal. The second is nothing but activist propaganda.
All that to say, should I throw it in the recycling bin or donate to Goodwill?
Good choice torrenting.
I have not and do not plan to read either book. It just sounds like the author misses the point. Why would I read a story about some loser who likes the things I like, when I could just read a story about the things I like? Why would I be invested in a plot where even in the context of the story the challenges are imaginary and arbitrary nonsense set by someone who wants the protagonist to succeed?
I get that. Part of the appeal of the first book is that it's a classic underdog story. In the book it's all in the digital world but the protagonists actions in the digital world have impacts on the real world. It's just a fun, cheesy read.
Bin it. Why would you enable someone else to read the same woke garbage?
Thanks for answering. I was genuinely curious to see what people thought. My thought process was that it might save someone from supporting the author by buying it new. No guarantee that would be the case though.
in what way?
Focus on all things feminine, lgbtq, genderfluidity, and climate change. The actual story is visibly secondary to what he's trying to push. That's one of the reasons the story sucks so much. He's preaching instead of writing a good story.
Nope out the moment anyone talks about faggots or trannies.