Tandem read needs some serious perseverance
I'm about halfway through the tandem read and I just need to rant because I just can't understand why so much of this was left in the books and not edited out?
the whole >!'will they won't they' with Seth and Caleb!< is driving me insane and it's being dragged out way too long - I want it to happen don't get me wrong but it's getting boring now
why was there a 30 minute long chapter of >!tory and Caleb fighting some monster fish before going into the library !<- just adds absolutely nothing except length to the story
now I've just finished Chapter 15 of 8.5 - >!where Hail is being shown Felisia's memories!< - >!why was this an entire little novella on its own introducing new characters and romance and emotions that we literally do not need to know about? and the irony of Hail wanting the TLDR version, so the authors knew this entire thing was too longwinded but decided to leave it in there anyway!<?!
I'm also liking the tandem read in some ways but can't help but feel it's too repetitive - not only repeating what's happened in ZA8 including the exact dialogue, but also just the general themes and feelings of the characters BTV are literally repeated in every chapter (I know it wasn't intended as a tandem read so I guess if you read it after you need a bit of context and refreshing of the memory)
I don't know whether anyone else felt like this but I'm struggling sooo much to get through it and I can't fathom that there's a whole other book to read after this too