GODDESS IN THE MACHINE had such potential! The concept is perfect: When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists–including her family and friends–are dead. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra’s a deity. She knows she’s nothing special, but she’ll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth.
The premise sucked me in, and I tore through the first third or so. As things went on, though, I rapidly grew tired of Zhade and his irritating personality. And while I loved the concept of creating a new dialect, I felt that it wasn’t executed to its fullest potential. The dialect made it feel like a slog to read through the passages that Zhade narrated.
While an interesting concept, it lacked in execution for me.
The premise sucked me in, and I tore through the first third or so. As things went on, though, I rapidly grew tired of Zhade and his irritating personality. And while I loved the concept of creating a new dialect, I felt that it wasn’t executed to its fullest potential. The dialect made it feel like a slog to read through the passages that Zhade narrated.
While an interesting concept, it lacked in execution for me.