My eyesight is getting shot by looking at a monitor for so many hours, both at work and off work, so Doc said to switch to analogue - if I have to read something, let it be books.

I’m into pretty much all genres, so if there is any book you particularly like or recommend, I’m all ears (and eyes)!

EDIT: thanks for the great suggestions, I’m checking all of them!!!

  • glittalogik@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    I’m currently halfway through Tchaikovsky’s Shadows of the Apt series and I’m enjoying the plot but finding his writing style a bit tedious at times - excessive rehashing of events that happened like two chapters ago, overembellished emotional dramatics, and painstakingly spelling out every single character’s internal monologue like it’s a Jane Austen novel.

    I know CoT was written later, so I’m wondering if his tone/style has developed a bit? He has cool ideas, I’m just wishing he’d trust the reader enough to get a bit more ‘show, don’t tell’ with his writing…

    • Fermiverse@kbin.social
      2·
      10 months ago

      I am not familiar with the Apt series but CoT was the first book I read from this author and was blown away.

      Although the first part started slow and monologues still happen frequently but the idea and the plot pulled me forward. While I didn’t felt he recapped much.

      My other suggestion, Peter F. Hamilton is the totally oposite direction when it comes to jumping between places / characters. Sometimes between paragraphs and not at chapters end or page ends.

      Still after one sentence you know exactly where you are in the plot. Even when his books throw different characters at you like popcorn.