923 reviews for:

De maniac

Benjamín Labatut

4.28 AVERAGE

rezznord's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

m_elm's review against another edition

4.25

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sasinshort's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

drjayne's review against another edition

4.0

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I discovered this book on Obama’s reading list and was intrigued by the history this book traverses from Nazi Germany/WWII science to artificial general intelligence. It’s a cerebral mix of physics and relationships, of humanity and technology.

tigerwibi's review against another edition

5.0

informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

eeasm's review against another edition

4.75

dark informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rachelshoffman827's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

garfieldsam's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zackdihel's review against another edition

3.0

informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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 Really big fan of Labatut's previous book, When We Cease to Understand the World, but I don't think this one really works? I love the triptych structure, and especially the 3rd part dealing with the Lee Sedol vs AlphaGo match, but the bulk of the book dealing with von Neumann frequently feels like regurgitating wikipedia. 

sillysal's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide