books that don't end with silly infodumped 'twists'.
Oh RIGHT I forgot to mention that, what was up with all the infodumping?? I felt like this happened a bunch, where the character would end a chapter on a ~plot cliffhanger~, and then in the next chapter instead of actually writing about what happened the character would be doing something else entirely and then remember "oh yeah, here is the resolution of the cliffhanger." It was weird!
I haven't read much other Scalzi -- the only other book I think I've read by him was Redshirts, which I don't remember anything about (except the conceit).
I didn't mind the plot of Empire as much as you (I thought it was adequate if only he hadn't presented it as Super Twisty, which no) but wow that characterization was nonexistent.
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Date: 2021-07-21 05:04 am (UTC)Oh RIGHT I forgot to mention that, what was up with all the infodumping?? I felt like this happened a bunch, where the character would end a chapter on a ~plot cliffhanger~, and then in the next chapter instead of actually writing about what happened the character would be doing something else entirely and then remember "oh yeah, here is the resolution of the cliffhanger." It was weird!
I haven't read much other Scalzi -- the only other book I think I've read by him was Redshirts, which I don't remember anything about (except the conceit).
I didn't mind the plot of Empire as much as you (I thought it was adequate if only he hadn't presented it as Super Twisty, which no) but wow that characterization was nonexistent.