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A review by cornmaven
The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson
2.0
A steampunk type of story involving automatons whose origins are thousands of years old, and whose destiny is nefarious. I rarely, rarely do this, but I abandoned this book with about 30 minutes left to listen. Just couldn't stand it anymore, and I grew to not care about what happens. Which is sad.
The writing wasn't very good in the beginning, and got worse as the novel progressed to the "exciting" parts. TOO MANY ADJECTIVES!!!!!!! And bad ones at that. So much so, that the readers were forced to be over the top on their voicing, and this just made it worse. I also grew to hate the idea that some ancient force 5 thousand years ago had created these things. Maybe a 1000 year BCE, but not before that.
I would have much preferred an I Robot sort of theme with automatons placed in the 19th century when they became more popular, and moved on from there.
The writing wasn't very good in the beginning, and got worse as the novel progressed to the "exciting" parts. TOO MANY ADJECTIVES!!!!!!! And bad ones at that. So much so, that the readers were forced to be over the top on their voicing, and this just made it worse. I also grew to hate the idea that some ancient force 5 thousand years ago had created these things. Maybe a 1000 year BCE, but not before that.
I would have much preferred an I Robot sort of theme with automatons placed in the 19th century when they became more popular, and moved on from there.