The loudest nerd fantasy, nerd revenge narrative. Complete with a manic pixie dream girl. Overall it was fine, I had fun with the puzzles and action bits. But the middle dragged on and the narrative became repetitive. I found myself thinking, “Ok, we get it” a few times. Sometimes, the dialogue seemed so forced and unnatural. It was as if the author was writing what he thought teenagers would talk like instead of an actual conversation between teenagers if that makes sense.

I can’t fault the author for all of my qualms with the book though. I am not sympathetic to the ~nerd boy obsessed with the nerd dream fantasy girl that he puts on a pedestal and then ultimately feels entitled to her love and affection and gets all sadboi for 100 pages when it doesn’t work out for him~. I get that there are readers who would totally dig that, but it is just not for me. Outside of that narrative though, the premise is super interesting and cool.