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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Interesting idea and could’ve been quite good but the pacing crumbled in the second half and the author took an obnoxiously easy out for an ending in the same vein as “it was all a dream”
This book has won quite a few awards or was in the running....
Anyway I just couldn't get into it. The synopsis was what really got me - magic, witches and science in San Fran? Sign me up.
That didn't happen....well it did but not how I was expecting. The whole book was honestly just a task to read. Like I felt it was written so that the discussion on magic vs. science could be brought up and that's it.
Anyway I just couldn't get into it. The synopsis was what really got me - magic, witches and science in San Fran? Sign me up.
That didn't happen....well it did but not how I was expecting. The whole book was honestly just a task to read. Like I felt it was written so that the discussion on magic vs. science could be brought up and that's it.
4.5
El medio punto se lo resto porque, francamente, me faltaron como unas 30 o 40 páginas al final. Quizá es que me guste que las historias no acaben bruscamente y que la narración me lleve de la manita hasta el momento de acabar, pero es que aquí estaba a seis páginas, SEIS, del final del libro y me estaba planteando si es que tendría una segunda parte en la que continúa (al estilo de lo último que se sacó Pullman) y por eso no han resuelto el conflicto. Y resulta que no, que lo resuelven. Y pum, se acaba.
Por lo demás, me han gustado mucho los personajes, el concepto, la falta de sutilidad, Peregrino, la fantasía desatada... hasta las escenas +18 están bien escritas y están genial integradas en el texto.
El medio punto se lo resto porque, francamente, me faltaron como unas 30 o 40 páginas al final. Quizá es que me guste que las historias no acaben bruscamente y que la narración me lleve de la manita hasta el momento de acabar, pero es que aquí estaba a seis páginas, SEIS, del final del libro y me estaba planteando si es que tendría una segunda parte en la que continúa (al estilo de lo último que se sacó Pullman) y por eso no han resuelto el conflicto. Y resulta que no, que lo resuelven. Y pum, se acaba.
Por lo demás, me han gustado mucho los personajes, el concepto, la falta de sutilidad, Peregrino, la fantasía desatada... hasta las escenas +18 están bien escritas y están genial integradas en el texto.
So my plan to meet Charlie Jane in the next WorldCon is not likely to happen due to the You-know-what but I am so glad I could I say I really liked this book. First time I read her work was [b:Six Months, Three Days|11631709|Six Months, Three Days|Charlie Jane Anders|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328343215l/11631709._SX50_.jpg|16575290] Hugo-winning short story and it bored me. Her latest book, [b:The City in the Middle of the Night|37534907|The City in the Middle of the Night|Charlie Jane Anders|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1532447389l/37534907._SY75_.jpg|64654648] while started out strong, gave me a disappointing ending and a frustrating character. This one, oh this one will stay with me for a long time.
It is beautiful without being pretentious, it is magical and sciency, it's unapologetically geeky, no-holds barred account of two worlds colliding in a near future apocalyptic scenario. The two very flawed characters were quite endearing and their stories were woven expertly. The pace was good too, I almost did not feel any lag so that's great.
I loved the AI parts; the application of deep learning and stuff, I was so excited reading about the two different approaches: rule-based and neural network, came into play with the AI.
It is beautiful without being pretentious, it is magical and sciency, it's unapologetically geeky, no-holds barred account of two worlds colliding in a near future apocalyptic scenario. The two very flawed characters were quite endearing and their stories were woven expertly. The pace was good too, I almost did not feel any lag so that's great.
I loved the AI parts; the application of deep learning and stuff, I was so excited reading about the two different approaches: rule-based and neural network, came into play with the AI.
This was definitely not the book for me. I was throughly confused.
There are tons of people who loved this book - I'm not one of them. The story is hard to follow - it jumps time and perspectives without warning so it takes a few sentences each time to figure out who's talking and often longer than that to figure out time spacing. I forced myself to read the entire thing and I'm still not sure when the various pieces take place, how must time is between any of it or what the characters look like (their descriptions change slightly as the book needs). The writing is tedious - nonstop hipster mentions for no apparent reason, most of the time spent in character development is on the least interesting character (unsurprisingly, a nerdy white guy) and the world building is mostly nonsensical. The one randomly placed sex scene is really uncomfortable to read (even as a person who likes naughty books). Getting through this book was an uphill battle through mud and at the end all of the nonsense was tied together with a little bow without any of the problems really being solved. Ugh. No.
This became pretty boring pretty fast. Seeing some of the reviews, I am giving up on it. Not worth the reading slump.
Reconozco que al principio este libro me ha costado un poco. Las dos primeras partes, centradas en la infancia y adolescencia de los protagonistas, se me han hecho un poco pesadas y me costaba a veces empatizar con Laurence. Pero igual es porque lo leí un poco a trompicones, no sé.
El resto del libro, sin embargo, me ha enganchado bastante y me lo he acabado del tirón. Habría preferido que la autora se hubiera explayado en esta parte, la verdad, sobre todo porque hay cosas como The Maze o Peregrine que quedan un poco desdibujadas y saben a poco.
Al final lo he disfrutado bastante, aunque me parece un libro un poco desigual.
El resto del libro, sin embargo, me ha enganchado bastante y me lo he acabado del tirón. Habría preferido que la autora se hubiera explayado en esta parte, la verdad, sobre todo porque hay cosas como The Maze o Peregrine que quedan un poco desdibujadas y saben a poco.
Al final lo he disfrutado bastante, aunque me parece un libro un poco desigual.