more heat than light wrote:Finally finished the Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow book that I ordered like nine months ago. Fair to say I didn't really enjoy it, I found the main characters in it utterly unlikeable. Also, it talks about videogames as if the reader has no idea what a videogame is. At one point a character tells someone they're like an NPC, the author then writes a full paragraph as to what an NPC is. Became quite tiring in the end.
I would give it a 4/10.
Just finished it too.
It had many flaws but I'd rate it higher because it was a page turner and enjoyable enough. 6/10 or 7 for me.
Sam and Sadie are truly dislikeable though. Sadie is a narcissist and blames the whole world for her failings, you can't sympathise with her whatsoever.
Sam is meant to be the one you like and can sympathise with as the misunderstood nerd, but instead you feel like he's quite arrogant and almost a bit of an fedora-wearing misogynist(maybe that's too far).
The book goes from trying to spoon feed you video game facts to then assuming you are quite clued up about it, it then gets things wrong entirely. Still. i did enjoy it, and wouldn't put someone off from reading it if they displayed interest.
I imagine they'll make a film, I imagine in the film they'll try to adjust the characters to more likeable human beings, and it'll annoy people who read the books.