A review by blumoonie
The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

Did not finish book. Stopped at 45%.
I couldn't finish this book, which I think is a real shame. The premise is awesome and the characters interesting at first glance, but I quickly realised that they were just too easy to figure out. The dialogue is a great example of this: in the beginning of the story most dialogue is short, taking place between bouts of action. the longest monologues are internal, so a lack of nuance can be forgiven. later, though, it becomes unbearable, to the point where I simply gave up halfway through a supposed “conversation” Sali was having. If i were to be really nitpicky, I might mention the occaisonally strange wording of specific sentences (”the tracks beneath Sali's pod begin to crunch on stone as the road transitioned from dirt to stone,” for example), but this book has far larger problems, such as near-nonsensical worldbuilding and an author who doesn't trust his audience enough to pick up on hidden clues, or know what a real conversation sounds like.
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