A review by tiredcreature
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson

adventurous challenging slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Conceptually interesting, but very, very long and often tedious;
Has multiple points that feel like the plot is approaching a resolution, but there are still so many pages left in the book, and so the progress of the arc gets scrapped in favour of a new arc that is only tangentially connected to the plot so far;
Breaking it up into a series of 2-3 novels might have improved the pacing
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