I'm the same way with worldbuilding, so that, an some other aspects, made it very hard for me to enjoy the book. Ah well...
Have you read The Iron Will of Genie Lo?
Not yet, but I'm looking forward to it! (I actually hadn't realized it was out already.)
The people who loved it aren't actually wrong; I just don't understand. If that makes sense?
Makes a lot of sense! A lot of people seem to love Valente's prose, but it's WAY to overwrought for me. And I enjoy Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I think Space Opera was trying to be, but it just didn't hit that note for me at all. (I do know a lot of people who felt similarly, so I think it's just a polarizing book / she's a polarizing author.)
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Date: 2020-03-02 04:19 am (UTC)Have you read The Iron Will of Genie Lo?
Not yet, but I'm looking forward to it! (I actually hadn't realized it was out already.)
The people who loved it aren't actually wrong; I just don't understand. If that makes sense?
Makes a lot of sense! A lot of people seem to love Valente's prose, but it's WAY to overwrought for me. And I enjoy Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I think Space Opera was trying to be, but it just didn't hit that note for me at all. (I do know a lot of people who felt similarly, so I think it's just a polarizing book / she's a polarizing author.)