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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
I read this with great anticipation, or listened to the audio book really. Like other works by the author adapted for TV, it is a skeleton around which the TV writers cam embellish. Really, kind of a thin story wrapped around a primary idea. I think the TV adaptations usually misunderstand the core idea.
For this book, what I got as the big idea is that life is random. Germany and Japan win WWII. Some guy writes a book about the Allies winning. Some characters use an ancient oriental system for predicting the future called I Ching to make major life decisions. I was looking for some great revelation about how the guy who wrote the book did it, and it turns out he just used the I Ching. It felt like an anticlimactic ending, but I think that is just how the author gets across his main idea.
So, interesting theme, so-so writing, little for character development. A skeleton on which to hang a big idea.
For this book, what I got as the big idea is that life is random. Germany and Japan win WWII. Some guy writes a book about the Allies winning. Some characters use an ancient oriental system for predicting the future called I Ching to make major life decisions. I was looking for some great revelation about how the guy who wrote the book did it, and it turns out he just used the I Ching. It felt like an anticlimactic ending, but I think that is just how the author gets across his main idea.
So, interesting theme, so-so writing, little for character development. A skeleton on which to hang a big idea.
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Got too depressed! Stopped reading. Will tackle again in future, but it's too immediate for me right now.
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
mysterious
slow-paced
Learning that the I Ching is real and he used it to write this book made a lot of shit make a lot more sense.
Very unsatisfying, meta-narrative, ending. Whoahhh dude were not even real our universe is fake and germany and japan actually did lose the war??? Some interesting philosophizing and prose along the way but thats about it.
No where near as good as Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep
Very unsatisfying, meta-narrative, ending. Whoahhh dude were not even real our universe is fake and germany and japan actually did lose the war??? Some interesting philosophizing and prose along the way but thats about it.
No where near as good as Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not my favourite book. Worth a read though? Probably
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay
I read this book because I love the Amazon series, but the producers have taken quite a few liberties with the series that are not in the book. I prefer the plot and characters in the series over the book.
I read this book because I love the Amazon series, but the producers have taken quite a few liberties with the series that are not in the book. I prefer the plot and characters in the series over the book.