Judgement Dave

so-so

Damn, damn, damn. Well, I said I'd try the next in the series, and I did. Just too stressful a situation to sign myself up for in the future. There are some fun and creative aspects to this series, and I continue to love how passionate and well-formed the discussion about important issues is presented, but I also continue to loathe how many characters are shining examples of strength for their friends for five seconds 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and completely falling to pieces most of the time/whenever the plot allows. Sorry, Lem, but at some point the 'gag' of you repeatedly saying “what“ had me flashing back to that Samuel L. Jackson scene from Pulp Fiction. I get that those with anxiety deserve patience and compassion, that it's not something they can control, and those with a more effusive speech style are simply part of the marvelously diverse tapestry of communication 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? types out there in the world, but this narrative is seriously hampered by introducing serious and emotionally taxing subject matter and then pausing to have various characters always, always engage in the same pattern of not-lightening-things-up hand-wringing before the story can continue. I can't claim a diagnosis of anxiety but I can say conclusively that I don't want my fiction to make me feel the way these books do. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 4/? At some point the good argument gets lost because I'm too distressed to listen any further. Per my review for the second book in the series, I'm happy to gird myself for this type of material in a non-fiction setting but it's exhausting when the fun space romp is a thin veneer for a reflection of the poor outcomes experienced by a number of minority groups attempting to be recognized as equals with rights in our current hellscape/modern times. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 5/? I wish the author all the success in the world with this series, but I won't be continuing to read it.

[And yes, I realize this is the listing for Judgement Dave. Anytime Litsy wants to update their listings to include Consider Pegasus, I'll reassign my review accordingly.]

⚠️ableism, transphobia 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

Judgement Dave | SI CLARKE

so-so

What a uniquely frustrating experience!
Alas, I have come to the conclusion that you cannot make project management of an evacuation happening amongst an equivalent to climate and science deniers and a corrupt and irresponsible government, alongside the debate around sentience and the fight against speciesism/supremacists and slavery, into a fun story with a good message, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? which is what I was expecting from this book based on the tone of the first book in the series.
At a certain point a gentle teaching moment dragged out looks like a textbook/manual whose information got written into the wrong story, and if it continues, more like the author is underestimating the reader's intelligence, or is content to portray various characters under the 'too stupid to live' trope. 4w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Yes, the characters I know and love, along with a few new favourites are there to help share in the struggles, but it mostly reminded me of a Criminal Minds episode, a few heart-warming moments of levity among the core crew, and then the rest is the darkest interpretation of humanity, repeated ad nauseum. Because I loved the first book so much, I will give the third a try, but if the series continues to move in this direction, 4w

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I'm going to have to abandon it. I love that the author is passionate about the subject matter, but I go prepared into non-fiction about such topics; when it is not just present in but overwhelming the quirky sci-fi, I end up wallowing in increased stress levels, which are not alleviated even when, compared to the first audiobook listed to at 1x speed, I listened to this one at 2x speed. Not a good time! 4w

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