/lit/ - Literature

Skipping.
Made it 42% through this one. But I can't take it anymore. The annoying parts were just too annoying. Was the first book like this? Mahit Dzmare is barely a character in her own book. All she does is walk around in fear of people she suspects of conspiring against her. But all of the characters plans are vague and implied and I fail to see the significance. Mahit often reaches this hysteric state, and then her memory implant talks to her and calms her emotions. Ever time this happens, I get so annoyed that I can feel my shoulders and the tips of my toes tingling. The final straw was a Mahit suddenly getting into an argument with Three Seagrass about something dumb. I'm sure the author thought she was laying the groundwork for this argument for some time. But it was still a dumb argument. And I just don't want to read about bisexuals women in space having mood swings. Sorry.

I'm 1/6th into this and I'm lost lol.
It's been a while since I've read the first book, and so I forgot a lot of the plot. The new book isn't explaining much about previous plots, so I'm having trouble understanding current character motivations. There seems to be a conspiracy afoot, but I totally forgot what about, who is potentially involved, and how it's effecting everyone. I even forgot most names. So this number+object naming convention is really difficult to follow. For some reason, "Three Seagrass" just doesn't stick to my brain. And "Five Agate" makes me snigger, because F. Agate. Or Faggot. But I completely forgot who F.agate is.

The bit I remember well is how the memory stuff works. Which ironically, is what the author is bothering to emphasize the most. I'm having to endure paragraphs about conflicting emotional states between the lesbian OC and the memory of her dead bisexual male predecessor. Yet, I have no idea what for. Why is anything happening right now?

I'm not totally blaming the author. I could just as easily go back and read the previous book again. But... I didn't like it *that* much. So I won't be doing that. All in all, this is a tough read so far. Might skip it if I can't piece together the plot soon.