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glenfleskie's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This book made me become a misandrist. I hate Randy Waterhouse so much. It’s also absolutely chock full of this white savior colonialist mindset.
it has this view of tech as fundamentally and only male, with absolutely no acknowledgement of any women who do technical work ever.
I had to read this sentence:
“His prostate is the size and consistency of a croquet ball. He become thinking of it as ‘little man love.’”
it has this view of tech as fundamentally and only male, with absolutely no acknowledgement of any women who do technical work ever.
I had to read this sentence:
“His prostate is the size and consistency of a croquet ball. He become thinking of it as ‘little man love.’”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lostinthelibrary's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book was A LOT. Huge in length, scope and ideas. I feel like I've been reading it for ages and can't say that I'm not somewhat relieved that I finally finished it. Neal Stephenson is a master at world building and plotting. He has devised a very believable alternative history that is so close to reality that I had to constantly be looking up which parts came from history and which from his imagination. There are so many ideas about mathematics, finance and global politics and although I tried very hard to grasp them a lot went over my head. However, these are delivered through likeable characters that you really root for and this got me through a lot of the drier sections of the text. I'm still not completely sure that I "got" it but I definitely admired the craft and enjoyed the ride.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and War
Moderate: Cannibalism
maneatingbadger's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: War
Minor: Addiction, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism