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minus-squareJackLSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoCan’t remember the name but there’s a novel set in Ireland in the not-too-distant future Synopsis implied it had become a surveillance state but didn’t gave up before confirming due to the literal writing style I swear every sentence was written in the passive voice (poorly remembered examples): “It was made known through the clothes he wore they were sent from the department of security” “As she walked outside the smell made Spring’s arrival clear” Totally fine normally but do it every single sentence and it becomes a mystery novel where the mystery is what the hell you just read! … Or idk, Harry Potter 5 is pretty meandering
minus-squareultranaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAre you sure it wasn’t set in Scotland? Charlie Stross wrote a novel a bit like you describe, its in the second person, which is very unusual and definitely rubs some people the wrong way. I think it was Halting State.
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoHalting State was great. It actually took me a couple of chapters to realize it was all 2nd person. That’s the book that got me into Stross.
minus-squareJackLSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoDoesn’t sound familiar but I understand there’s very little to go off here
Can’t remember the name but there’s a novel set in Ireland in the not-too-distant future
Synopsis implied it had become a surveillance state but didn’t gave up before confirming due to the literal writing style
I swear every sentence was written in the passive voice (poorly remembered examples):
Totally fine normally but do it every single sentence and it becomes a mystery novel where the mystery is what the hell you just read!
… Or idk, Harry Potter 5 is pretty meandering
Are you sure it wasn’t set in Scotland? Charlie Stross wrote a novel a bit like you describe, its in the second person, which is very unusual and definitely rubs some people the wrong way. I think it was Halting State.
Halting State was great. It actually took me a couple of chapters to realize it was all 2nd person. That’s the book that got me into Stross.
Doesn’t sound familiar but I understand there’s very little to go off here