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What are you Reading? (August 2023) (lemmy.world)
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I've put together a collage of some books from last months What are you Reading? post. It's mostly random, but the more discussion something gets the more it stands out to me. Going forward I'm going to make a new post every month to talk about what people are reading.

Here is last months post. What are you Reading? (July 2023)

At any rate, what are you currently reading or plan to read in August?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Project Hail Mary is my favorite book I've read in the last couple years. So good. Cannot recommend enough to sci-fi, mystery, or thriller fans

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just wish it had an epilogue where it covered some details on things that happened back on earth while the main character was away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

True. Same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I kind of wished he had gone back to earth. Although like 50 done years would have passed by the time he got back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you'd never have gotten the satisfaction of a character interaction with the people he left behind since they were all likely to be dead from old age, if not from the conditions of Earth from the infected sun. The only real satisfaction we'd have had was the knowledge that he managed to save those who remained, which I think we're meant to assume anyway. And I think having him end up on the alien planet was a fun and unique ending. Maybe a brief flash or some sort of confirmation that he was successful would have been nice, but I still won't complain. I loved it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm halfway through. The science stuff is ok but the characters...oh man. Let's just say writing compelling dialog/characters not his greatest strength

Edit: oh I'm sorry for having a different opinion. Why don't you downvote me so we can just get the full reddit experience. C'mon, the dialog is cringe af. At one point Stratt slaps him and yells "snap out of it! We must focus on the mission". Barf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could not disagree with you more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's fine. See my edit for examples haha. Also, why downvotes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Ray Porter, so maybe he delivered it in a way that meant I didn't notice it. But I did notice a similar vibe in Artemis (also audio, but narrated by someone else, cant recall who).

Edit: a typo and to add it was Rosario Dawson that narrated Artemis