A review by aplatt23
The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi

1.0

So my actual rating for this book dropped to around -2 stars about halfway through part 2. This book is a horrifically vivid example of "show don't tell." Instead of giving the characters actual traits, we had characters telling us other characters traits, like how smart Alix is or how she isn't "like other girls" (don't even get me started on the whole "not like other girls" trope), but we never see her be anything other than a flat, uninteresting dumbass. Besides which, she and Moses have no chemistry and it's totally creepy that she falls for her stalker. Not to mention plot holes a mile wide and twice as deep. Not an enjoyable read