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A review by exlibrisathena
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi
1.0
The idea, the story, the plot... It was good. It could have been a good book. But honestly? It wasn't.
SO many clichés in one place— it was overwhelming! And unfortunately, I felt like the characters simply couldn't exist, had the events of the book so taken place; that is the absolute WORST feeling you can have about a book. Having just gotten off of [b:Glass Sword|23174274|Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)|Victoria Aveyard|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436460934s/23174274.jpg|42720997] by [a:Victoria Aveyard|7074943|Victoria Aveyard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1395682478p2/7074943.jpg], this book was a tremendous disappointment, quite predictable (I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but. Come. ON.) and I honestly wish I'd never read it. My inner feminist was also in the very least... offended. Alix... How could you?
For all the planning and work that went into this book, Mr. Bacigalupi, I applaud you, because there is no way any work of mine could survive my amount of procrastination. However, this book was simply not worth my time. It may be that I have stumbled through both reader's and writer's block recently, or simply that the writing was not the type I'd read, but I really think I'll be picking up [b:The Return of the King|18512|The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1520258755s/18512.jpg|2964424] after this book, because then I will at least be left with awe instead of disgust.
SO many clichés in one place— it was overwhelming! And unfortunately, I felt like the characters simply couldn't exist, had the events of the book so taken place; that is the absolute WORST feeling you can have about a book. Having just gotten off of [b:Glass Sword|23174274|Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2)|Victoria Aveyard|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1436460934s/23174274.jpg|42720997] by [a:Victoria Aveyard|7074943|Victoria Aveyard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1395682478p2/7074943.jpg], this book was a tremendous disappointment, quite predictable (I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but. Come. ON.) and I honestly wish I'd never read it. My inner feminist was also in the very least... offended. Alix... How could you?
For all the planning and work that went into this book, Mr. Bacigalupi, I applaud you, because there is no way any work of mine could survive my amount of procrastination. However, this book was simply not worth my time. It may be that I have stumbled through both reader's and writer's block recently, or simply that the writing was not the type I'd read, but I really think I'll be picking up [b:The Return of the King|18512|The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)|J.R.R. Tolkien|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1520258755s/18512.jpg|2964424] after this book, because then I will at least be left with awe instead of disgust.