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A review by timinbc
Until the Last of Me by Sylvain Neuvel
2.0
It's not often I DNF the second book in a series.
I suppose it's because for me #2 didn't seem to be coming any closer to addressing WHY the Kibsu and the Trackers are so intent on fighting it out here, and why a thousand-year push to get us off the planet is so obviously the only answer, and why the Trackers have no plan except to prevent this.
So Neuvel adds a McGuffin, because of COURSE a critical secret is going to be carved into a bow that will be found decades later and decoded.
After I realized I was skimming at max speed, I asked myself why. It was because the book was alternating long stretches of boring introspection and explanation with sudden bursts of graphic-novel superhero violence.
As I gave up, it looked as if Samael might be the first character in the whole long process to actually do something different. But I didn't care. I didn't care about him, or Lola, or the sketchy shadows of humans. I was ready to yeet them all into the sun.
It's quite possible that #3 will bring it all together in a stunning conclusion. But I'll never know.
I suppose it's because for me #2 didn't seem to be coming any closer to addressing WHY the Kibsu and the Trackers are so intent on fighting it out here, and why a thousand-year push to get us off the planet is so obviously the only answer, and why the Trackers have no plan except to prevent this.
So Neuvel adds a McGuffin, because of COURSE a critical secret is going to be carved into a bow that will be found decades later and decoded.
After I realized I was skimming at max speed, I asked myself why. It was because the book was alternating long stretches of boring introspection and explanation with sudden bursts of graphic-novel superhero violence.
As I gave up, it looked as if Samael might be the first character in the whole long process to actually do something different. But I didn't care. I didn't care about him, or Lola, or the sketchy shadows of humans. I was ready to yeet them all into the sun.
It's quite possible that #3 will bring it all together in a stunning conclusion. But I'll never know.