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963 reviews for:

De maniac

Benjamín Labatut

4.28 AVERAGE

tqilamckngbrd's review against another edition

4.75

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mirabecker's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

Might come back to this but it was just so intellectual and felt too much like nonfiction

ellaspungen's review against another edition

3.0

Really wanted to like it more than I did. last section swept me up but the rest left me cold. Turns out I care about von Neumann less than I thought and maybe don’t want to read anything else about the atomic bomb (let alone AI…)

lauderbaugh's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

b0rg's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 Stars

Benjamin Labatut is an excellent author, his style is unique and interesting. I always love the themes he is able to weave throughout the numerous stories/essays he puts in his books. The Maniac is a little more focused than his previous book 'When We Cease to Understand the World', but it still lost me on a couple of chapters.