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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
I loved Hall’s previous novel The Raw Shark Texts so was eager to read this. I do think it’s missing the emotional core that book has to ground some of this one’s self-reflexive, post-modern shenanigans about writing, the publishing industry, religion, the entropic collapse of the world, what have you. But it’s definitely a joy to tear through and is constantly fun and challenging simultaneously, even if by the end I’m left wondering if it’s trying for too much.
4.5 stars
This book threw me! I read it really quickly as I never really knew what was happening - I was questioning things throughout. I don't know if I loved the ending, but it definitely made me think. Mystery, philosophy, authors, interesting characters... I'd recommend this to almost anyone, and I've been thinking about it lots since I finished a few weeks ago.
This book threw me! I read it really quickly as I never really knew what was happening - I was questioning things throughout. I don't know if I loved the ending, but it definitely made me think. Mystery, philosophy, authors, interesting characters... I'd recommend this to almost anyone, and I've been thinking about it lots since I finished a few weeks ago.
dark
fast-paced
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Ever finish a book and think, what in the hell did I just read? — but like, in a good way, not a this is so bad it gave me brain damage kind of way? Well, that was my experience with Maxwell’s Demon in a nutshell. I read Stephen Laws’s first novel, The Raw Shark Texts, back in 2017, and really liked it — so when I saw his newest book in the library, I knew I had to check it out. Like its predecessor, it’s very well-written and contains several pages of text arranged into certain shapes (in this case, leaves). I am personally not a fan of the philosophical stuff, which meant I didn’t enjoy it as much as others might. But it certainly was a page-turner, and overall, a very fun read.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So many plot holes!
It's a weird book, I stopped and started reading it more than once because I was fascinated by the weirdness and loved the style of writing.
It starts like a sort of "this is my life book" and then it mixes a lot of different things, from Bible to physic.
I think you can love or hate it, at the end I loved it.
It's a sort of lysergic travel and I loved but you must be ready for a trip.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
It starts like a sort of "this is my life book" and then it mixes a lot of different things, from Bible to physic.
I think you can love or hate it, at the end I loved it.
It's a sort of lysergic travel and I loved but you must be ready for a trip.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
challenging