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May 18, 2017clflemin rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Essentially felt like a rush job or young adult novel. Protagonist goes through a complete transformation going from a naive child into a wunderkind mary sue trope that can do it all. Even the world building, which is usually top notch for Reynolds, came across rather contrived and campy. Had the story arc been given more runway for the character transformation to be believable and the campy elements of the world building been dialed back this could have been a good novel. It wasn't.