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Wrapped up the first book after much struggle. Am I crazy for finding it extremely poorly written? Writing aside, the characters suck, the motivations suck, and the scenario building feels like it was tossed together by a 12 year old. I don't get the hype. Everything is paper thin. The fictional science aspect is the most compelling part but as a cohesive whole it fails to land.

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[–] discosnails@lemmy.wtf 2 points 4 days ago

The American version of the show is a lot more what people would want, character wise. Not quite as flat. But not true to the book at all.