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A review by aingealwroth
The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
2.5* DNF - Netgalley
I really wanted to like this book, but this was very difficult to read. I stopped reading at 50% complete because I had other books to work on, and I still hadn't felt hooked by it. I enjoyed what I read in a general way, but I would cap out my enjoyment at about 2.5 stars because of the difficulty of wading through the material.
This is a book that is trying to give you a lot of information and do a combination of situational threat/ intrigue, but combining it with a social interest piece each section. It does a decent job at both of those things, but not a great one. I ended up feeling like it got too involved trying to give you the "Personal Life and Drama" snapshots of each person it gave you a POV of. They are not good about telling you whose POV you're in when they change it, so it can be a lot to keep track of. Honestly, I wish that they had done a 'name tag' at the beginning of each section with a new POV from the last. Or something where you get the name of the person, what building they're in, the new location of said building, and what date/time it is, all at the start of each POV section.
For what they gave you of each character, I felt like each was very interesting and relatable in different ways, but it almost started to feel like rinse and repeat as far as the issues everyone was dealing with because it's just a matter of adjusting and no one was getting any resolutions or finishing adjusting.
Also, this book had nearly-page-long paragraphs. Regularly. With as much information as they were trying to pass on in these longer paragraphs, it really needed to be broken up into more digestible chunks.
Story wise since I only got 50% of the way in and still did not feel like we had gotten to the true hook of what we were reading for. I'm not sure that I can necessarily rate it any higher than 2 1/2 because I was still waiting for the other shoe to drop and we were still in the beginning of adjusting to the Unmapping. I did feel like this was a good "end of the world", slice of life, weird literature.
I really wanted to like this book, but this was very difficult to read. I stopped reading at 50% complete because I had other books to work on, and I still hadn't felt hooked by it. I enjoyed what I read in a general way, but I would cap out my enjoyment at about 2.5 stars because of the difficulty of wading through the material.
This is a book that is trying to give you a lot of information and do a combination of situational threat/ intrigue, but combining it with a social interest piece each section. It does a decent job at both of those things, but not a great one. I ended up feeling like it got too involved trying to give you the "Personal Life and Drama" snapshots of each person it gave you a POV of. They are not good about telling you whose POV you're in when they change it, so it can be a lot to keep track of. Honestly, I wish that they had done a 'name tag' at the beginning of each section with a new POV from the last. Or something where you get the name of the person, what building they're in, the new location of said building, and what date/time it is, all at the start of each POV section.
For what they gave you of each character, I felt like each was very interesting and relatable in different ways, but it almost started to feel like rinse and repeat as far as the issues everyone was dealing with because it's just a matter of adjusting and no one was getting any resolutions or finishing adjusting.
Also, this book had nearly-page-long paragraphs. Regularly. With as much information as they were trying to pass on in these longer paragraphs, it really needed to be broken up into more digestible chunks.
Story wise since I only got 50% of the way in and still did not feel like we had gotten to the true hook of what we were reading for. I'm not sure that I can necessarily rate it any higher than 2 1/2 because I was still waiting for the other shoe to drop and we were still in the beginning of adjusting to the Unmapping. I did feel like this was a good "end of the world", slice of life, weird literature.