Shadow of a Dead Star by Michael SheanMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Curiosity Quills Press provided me with a free copy of this book for review purposes.
Shadow of a Dead Star was my first foray into cyberpunk, which may be part of the reason I found the book so inaccessible. I think the larger issue, however, was the editing and writing. The editing was weak, showing massive issues with commas which frequently led to difficulty parsing a sentence and the necessity of rereading the sentence, sometimes several times, to understand what Shean was trying to say. Also, the descriptions of things were almost purple, occasionally sliding into wording that reminded me of Stephenie Meyer (such as the voice he describes as "rough yet bright, like silver gravel").
I tried to let the story speak for itself and ignore the writing and editing issues, but ultimately I couldn't plow through the issues anymore. I made it through about four and a half chapters before I put the book down and moved on to something else.
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