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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really good story, until the last 20 percent. No idea what happened, or who the characters were, when the typeface started shifting. Until then, I really liked it.
I just don’t care for these books. I don’t get the hype
Thanks to Scribner and NetGalley for an ARC of this title.
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There's a chapter told in tweet-like bites that does such a great mini bit of Black Mirror-style near future storytelling, and some final chapters that nicely tie a bow on what the book's trying to say. I think if you're not familiar with Egan's work, you're going to have a better time if you read A Visit from the Goon Squad first, but this doesn't completely throw you in the deep end. It's just a bunch of "oh, THAT person" easter eggs.
Did you like/love [b:A Visit from the Goon Squad|7331435|A Visit from the Goon Squad|Jennifer Egan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1356844046l/7331435._SX50_.jpg|8975330]? You're going to like/love this. It's got the same kind of multi-faceted, connected short stories in different styles that tell a larger story thing going on, including with some visits to familiar names from _Goon Squad_, in a world where there's a technology where everyone's memories can be available via the cloud for everyone to access/see from your particular angle. What implications would that have? How would that affect the future?
There's a chapter told in tweet-like bites that does such a great mini bit of Black Mirror-style near future storytelling, and some final chapters that nicely tie a bow on what the book's trying to say. I think if you're not familiar with Egan's work, you're going to have a better time if you read A Visit from the Goon Squad first, but this doesn't completely throw you in the deep end. It's just a bunch of "oh, THAT person" easter eggs.
an incredible follow up to "goon squad", had me smiling so huge. jennifer egan is amazing
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
some parts were really good but most of the time I had no idea what was happening. When I finished the book I still wasn’t sure how the story lines tied together or what the point was