Mastodawn

Kind of being a bit down on Green Mars so far it's been "some white males aren't that bad" propaganda, some sex between really young people, people spending time with other people that they severely dislike etc, almost 200 pages in now, and it feels a bit like swimming in sirup.

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Ms Ngo 3d ago

@sotolf It's been a long time, but I don’t recall really enjoying the red/green/blue mars books though I did slog through them, coming away largely disappointed.

I recently tried to read Ministry for the Future because it was the same author, which started out interesting but I noped out as soon as I got to "cryptocurrency will save the world”.

I've realized I do not think I like Kim Stanley Robsinson or his books very much.

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sotolf

@causticmsngo Yeah, I mean at times it's nice to read, there was parts of the first that I enjoyed, but it feels like he focuses on writing from the viewpoints of people that I don't like, brushing over people that I do like, and there are big parts that are bogged down in weird minutae that doesn't really seem like it's really bringing the story foreward, I am 40% through this one, and probably will get through it, but I will for sure take a longer break and see if I really feel like it's worth it to read the last one in the series.