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A review by ewdocparris
The Fold by Peter Clines
3.0
This novel is on par with an episode of Warehouse 13.
The characters are about as fully realized (which is to say, not terribly).
The story is clever (though Clines makes it impossible not to guess the nature of the Fold by revealing the secret in the prologue).
The writing references lots of pop culture in mildly amusing ways (though, honestly, it would all be better suited to a YA science-fiction story).
The science is beyond hand-wavy, it's BS wrapped in vague references to quantum theory (and those are incorrect and disconnected).
It falls back on supernatural, Lovecraftian spookiness to reach the final act.
All of these would be well suited to a Warehouse 13 episode. At best it's a Star Trek episode. If you enjoy those shows, you will enjoy The Fold. But you can always watch those shows in rerun.
Listen, this isn't great literature. It's not The Broken Earth Trilogy or The Parable of the Sower or anything meaningful. If it were an hour long TV show, I'd give it a better review. Adult science fiction should be more than just, "what if there were a dimensional rift to parallel worlds and they were all subtly different than our own?"
The characters are about as fully realized (which is to say, not terribly).
The story is clever (though Clines makes it impossible not to guess the nature of the Fold by revealing the secret in the prologue).
The writing references lots of pop culture in mildly amusing ways (though, honestly, it would all be better suited to a YA science-fiction story).
The science is beyond hand-wavy, it's BS wrapped in vague references to quantum theory (and those are incorrect and disconnected).
It falls back on supernatural, Lovecraftian spookiness to reach the final act.
All of these would be well suited to a Warehouse 13 episode. At best it's a Star Trek episode. If you enjoy those shows, you will enjoy The Fold. But you can always watch those shows in rerun.
Listen, this isn't great literature. It's not The Broken Earth Trilogy or The Parable of the Sower or anything meaningful. If it were an hour long TV show, I'd give it a better review. Adult science fiction should be more than just, "what if there were a dimensional rift to parallel worlds and they were all subtly different than our own?"