So Iām gonna pull a 180 and justā¦
Can we all take a moment to appreciate how badly written orv is? Granted Iāve only reached the 5% mark, but thatās well over 200 pages divided into 40+ chapters and there just arenāt any personal stakes for the characters. Sure, they have to do shit to survive, but whereās the internal conflict?
Iām still gonna read it because the concept is cool and Iām getting enjoyment out of it but I have literally no reason whatsoever to care for any of the characters in this book. At all.
If this writing issue isnāt resolved by the 10% mark my reading speed is likely to significantly dropā¦ because there just isnāt anything there to keep the readerās attention.
At this point Iām still just reading to find out what the hype is about, and I get it in the sense that I also get why people like contemporary action films, but whereās the substance? Why should I care for potentially Earth-shattering moments in future chapters if I donāt care about the people itās happening to?
The concept is cool and I will continue to read because I think the characters might come to life (no pun intended) more in future arcs and THE CONCEPT IS FUCKING COOL! Iām just ever so slightly disappointed by the executionā¦
All of this is my personal opinion (although I do think the writing is objectively bad) (and objectively bad art isnāt an inherently bad thing) (we need bad to define good) (also itās good for artists to get their art out into the world, if no-one dared to publish because they were afraid their work wasnāt good enough weād have no books).
Iām not saying I donāt like orv, as I said I really appreciate the concept. I just think itās good practice to critically analyse and form opinions on the art we consumeā¦
I also want to stress that this is criticism of the work itself, not the people who enjoy it,
Thank you for listening to my ted talk.
