I’m disappointed in Christopher Paolini. Both books in the Fractalverse series turn into a long slog of misery and character torture. I don’t want to slog through upwards of 1/3rd of the book just being depressed, harmed, and mangled characters.
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and Fractal Noise have a lot of interesting ideas. But they don’t carry the story. I can’t recommend his work anymore. In fact I actively advise you to avoid it. I don’t know if he’s trying to be dark and gritty, or if he’s just in a deep dark place, but it’s ugly, near saw level torture porn.
@BabblingGeek i tried to sleep in a sea of stars and it was quickly a DNF bc of bad writing. it's a shame that someone can get so far bc of who their parents know when they aren't even skilled at what they do.
One of these days being the head of a social media site is going to get to @jerry and he’s going to crack. We’re going to find him cackling like mad while creating sock accounts for every spy agency in NATO while the entire fediverse loses its collective mind.