The Sword and Laser discussion

In the chapter where Zoey encounters the reclamation workers, the character Cesar serves very little purpose other than to give Zoey exposition.

In reading his character, I could only imagine everything he was saying being done by Michael Pena, a la his character Luis in Ant Man.

Too much exposition was a general problem here. Far too many "sit around a room drinking whiskey talking about a plan" scenes ground the action to a halt.

Steve wrote: "In the chapter where Zoey encounters the reclamation workers, the character Cesar serves very little purpose other than to give Zoey exposition.

I kept expecting Cesar to return to the story, and was disappointed when he didn't.

Brendan wrote: "Too much exposition was a general problem here. Far too many "sit around a room drinking whiskey talking about a plan" scenes ground the action to a halt."

There were also these little moments when a character would be sharing some little anecdote that would serve as a flag for upcoming action. For Example. (view spoiler)[ the weird references to Lord of the Rings, or Will's magic coin trick (hide spoiler)]. Each one of these little stories seem to spoil parts of the plot for me.

Steve wrote: "I kept expecting Cesar to return to the story, and was disappointed when he didn't. ."

Me too. :(

David wrote: "Brendan wrote: "Too much exposition was a general problem here. Far too many "sit around a room drinking whiskey talking about a plan" scenes ground the action to a halt."

There were also these li..."

From where I stood, (view spoiler)[the references to The Lord of the Rings dovetailed with the plot reveal about how Molech/Chet was ultimately defeated, because the software that made the systems work had a backdoor and a failsafe, allowing the implants to be shut down. (hide spoiler)]