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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
Flawed, but in the end, rather clever. It reads a bit like someone started writing a Ph.D. thesis and then decided to turn it into a novel. I found it a bit slow until about 60% of the way into the book. Then it really grabbed me.
Boken var så härligt uppfriskande naturvetenskaplig, nördigt insnöad på relativitet och paradoxer, tankeexperiment och religion att jag blev helt frälst. Älskar sånt här! Huvudkaraktären Ariel känns som en extrem version av mig själv, om min uppväxt hade varit lite mer skruvad och mina spärrar lite mer otydliga. Hon är inte alltid sympatisk men det är liksom det som är så charmigt. När boken är som mest urflippad/genial får jag vibbar av Liftarens guide till galaxen som ju är både genial och urflippad. Bra referens ändå. Positivt överraskad av en bok som jag bara plockade upp i förbifarten uppe på magasinet!
A solid, genre-defying adventure with a heavy helping of philosophy. If I was a theory person I’d have given this an extra star, but I found myself more gripped to the action & relationships than the (for me, excessive) meta-conversations had by the characters. But the plot was really fast-paced and fun, keeping me on my toes until the very end. Bonus points for being a book written before the indoor smoking ban that has a protagonist who constantly smokes inside, making her seem extra chaotic. I loved the mice theme too - unexpected but worked perfectly.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Very existential! I felt myself feeling a bit mad when reading it, but the storyline was very imaginative (and often very random) and it was a nice change to what I'm used to reading. Perhaps I didn't understand the book or its message to its full extent, but from what I did gather, I enjoyed learning about.
Good read. Constantly surprising - which is something of a surprise itself.
Easily one of the craziest most brilliant books I've ever read.
This book drew me in from the beginning and provided a great combination of tension, detection and metaphysical musings. I had originally picked up the book so as to get away from reading books about Levinas, Derrida and Heidegger for my PhD... Which I thought was a safe bet as I had found it in a library where it said take me and read me for free and pass me on... Whilst surprisingly I didn't completely escape from what Id wished it did provide a great balance of escapism and flow.
WHAT DID I EVEN JUST READ? I think I feel smarter...I think I liked it....WHAT DID I JUST READ? I think I'm giving this a 3.5.