How do y’all feel about his books? I’ve never read an author that was so inconsistent. I started with Dark Matter which I thought was an exciting plot but not very well written. Then I read Run which I loved and finished in one sitting because I was so into the story. Then I read Abandon and gave up halfway through because the writing was so bad I was cringing. I don’t know what to make of him.
I have read Dark Matter, Recursion and Upgrade. I like the plot idea of Dark Matter. It had a more interesting idea towards the end of the book which I felt could have been given more scope on the book. Also Recursion idea was great and I loved the it. Upgrade did not live up to my expectation. It was more like a typical action movie plot. I would read his next novel to decide if I would still keep in my to read list.
I found Upgrade disappointing after Dark Matter and Recursion.
As you say, much more typical action movie feel. I also felt it failed to sell me on the MC or any of the other enhanced humans being geniuses. Other than listing the scientific names for things unnecessarily, they all acted pretty dumb.
I read those three books but in reverse order, and each one was better than the previous. Dark matter I could not put down and is definitely in my top 10 books of all time. But I agree with you that upgrade was good but not fantastic.