Comment by _Fun_Employed_ on 19/01/2025 at 20:49 UTC

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The Mercy of Gods was really top sci-fi of the year?

Like it was good, but if it was the best then it must have been a disappointing year. I dunno, for me the book just never felt like it came “fully online” like it was never firing on all cylinders. And the ending felt hella rushed and anti-climactic which took a lot of the wind out of my sails for it.

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Comment by TheElusiveGnome at 19/01/2025 at 21:58 UTC

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The accompanying novella, Livesuit, helped me to enjoy TMOG more, as well as a related podcast. But I agreed that the book on its own was a bit of a slog. I think the world they're building will have a massive payoff though.

Comment by Spitfire221 at 20/01/2025 at 12:37 UTC

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Definitely not the best SciFi of last years, feels like a popularity win. It was very slow, but left me wanting more by the end.

Comment by Som12H8 at 19/01/2025 at 21:09 UTC

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it must have been a disappointing year

Yeah, more like a disappointing decade...

Comment by [deleted] at 19/01/2025 at 21:08 UTC

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