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A review by careythesixth
The Quiet Room by Terry Miles
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This series has well and truly pissed me off. The first time I read Rabbits, I loved it. Mind blown. The second time I read it, knowing how it ended and having more energy to think through the logistics of the narrative, it was... a chore. But the concept is amazing and absolute catnip to me, so I read this book. The concept is still very cool, but jfc. These characters are insufferable hipster iterations of the author. Everyone is the same one note - snarky Gen X trash baby. I say that as a snarky Gen X trash baby. The dialogue actually made me stupid. A solid 100 pages of this book could probably be cut if we eliminated every time a character said what?, what the hell?, what the fuck?, what do you mean?, how the hell?, how the fuck?, this is impossible, this seems unlikely, what's going on here?, who's behind this?, etc. and the subsequent dead end conversation that followed. I felt like I was reading an adaptation of Waiting for Godot, but like if Waiting for Godot had been lobotomized into a 400 page "Who's on first?" joke starring characters from a Kevin Smith movie. I am so mad at this book. It had the potential to be good but it's just bad. Two stars for the concept and the concept only.