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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
What a read! I’m in awe of how Egan manages so many storylines and adroitly lands the ending. I’ll be thinking about this read for awhile. Now off to reread Goon Squad.
DNF. Well-written and all but reads like a professional class liberal fantasy. Some (not all) characters profoundly uninspiring
Egan really did it. She fucking did it again. I cant believe it. Back to back masterpieces like this cements her status as one of the greatest writers alive.
I cant even really fathom the spell she casts here. For 300 pages, I thought this book was pretty mid — a bit heavy-handed with the tech imaginings, a bit overwrought with the character connections. But then in the last section (“BUILD” wow she knew she was doing it too!) it just absolutely coheres and transforms and everything from earlier suddenly works and makes sense…the whole collection takes on the shape of memory itself…
Brava, brava, bravissima! I love a writer (like David Mitchell, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce) who perceives life’s time-paradox and creates through their work a cyclical, circular shape that defies all linearity.
I cant even really fathom the spell she casts here. For 300 pages, I thought this book was pretty mid — a bit heavy-handed with the tech imaginings, a bit overwrought with the character connections. But then in the last section (“BUILD” wow she knew she was doing it too!) it just absolutely coheres and transforms and everything from earlier suddenly works and makes sense…the whole collection takes on the shape of memory itself…
Brava, brava, bravissima! I love a writer (like David Mitchell, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce) who perceives life’s time-paradox and creates through their work a cyclical, circular shape that defies all linearity.
it was better than goon squad but idk. she’s overrated. too cryptic to care after a while. her characters are incredibly vivid though, despite having way too many of them. and a very very cool concept that doesn’t get enough attention from her. three shining stars for all that.
I’m just not enjoying this and not going to force myself through it anymore.
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Didn't realize that I should have read A Visit From the Goon Squad first but I don't think it really affected my reading of this book. I was impressed the author made this format work, with each chapter told from the perspective of a different character, but she did. The tweet and email chapters were actually my least favorite though. Like why just those two? Felt like trying too hard. And some of the characters were tough to read. I wish she talked about the technology itself more, that felt very glossed over and vague, but overall a good read. (3.5 rounded up)
Plot or Character Driven:
Character