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The Bug: A Novel by Ellen Ullman

stelepami's review against another edition

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4.0

I saw it on the library shelf and picked it up, as I do with so many of my reading choices these days (libraries are amazing and allow for that casual browsing). I fell in love with the world of consuming software development. Coding and debugging and the satisfaction of producing working end results, exquisitely captured by the author.
As for the rest of the plot, I could take it or leave it. I got upset near the end, because although a disaster is foreshadowed from the very beginning, I had not anticipated the disaster which reared its head.

nekokat's review

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4.0

okay i kind of rolled my eyes at the summary but this turned out to be a solid, engaging, philosophical horror story about a bug that destroys a programmer's life and i am here for it

developers will almost certainly enjoy this, and i may also try recommending it to less-technical friends who don't understand my job 😆
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