A review by michaelwong
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
2.0
Too bad no Omnipotent AI is going to save us.
Reading this one wonders if Anders had moments of inspiration that she put down and then just stitched them together into a narrative. There were good moments in this book immediately followed by baffling lapses in narrative that had me flipping back and forth to see if I missed a page. And I mostly don't care about plot.
"...he rebelled at the idea of starting to close off possibilities in the world." p. 55
"...and you flap your wings for all sorts fo reasons, like to dry yourself and to lift off the ground and also to express a strong sentiment..." p. 104
"All of our unpaid bills are coming due at once" p. 233
"Color returned to the world, cone time replaced rod time" p. 287
"Then I come to find out that proper magic is all about interacting with people...But the really great magicians can't be around people at all". p. 291
Reading this one wonders if Anders had moments of inspiration that she put down and then just stitched them together into a narrative. There were good moments in this book immediately followed by baffling lapses in narrative that had me flipping back and forth to see if I missed a page. And I mostly don't care about plot.
"...he rebelled at the idea of starting to close off possibilities in the world." p. 55
"...and you flap your wings for all sorts fo reasons, like to dry yourself and to lift off the ground and also to express a strong sentiment..." p. 104
"All of our unpaid bills are coming due at once" p. 233
"Color returned to the world, cone time replaced rod time" p. 287
"Then I come to find out that proper magic is all about interacting with people...But the really great magicians can't be around people at all". p. 291