Wrapped up the first book after much struggle. Am I crazy for finding it extremely poorly written? Writing aside, the characters suck, the motivations suck, and the scenario building feels like it was tossed together by a 12 year old. I don’t get the hype. Everything is paper thin. The fictional science aspect is the most compelling part but as a cohesive whole it fails to land.
It’s not even a good analogy, the basic idea of a ‘silent dark forest’ is pretty nonsense. Forests aren’t quiet at night. Animals aren’t hiding out to avoid predators. Most aren’t active cause it’s dark and it’s hard to see, so they sleep instead. Most predators are in the same boat, they typically hunt in late evening/early morning, when their prey is also active. That’s ignoring the plethora of nocturnal species of course.
There’s literally no part of the theory I find compelling, it seems like a poor conclusion based on a foolish assumption.