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Lovestar by Andri Snær Magnason

elinoragud's review against another edition

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4.0

Lestur þessarar bókar er mjög álíka tilfinning og að dreyma langan draum, þar sem raunverulega allt getur gerst og allt er svo skrítið að ekkert er það.

Ég veit ekki ennþá hvort boðskapurinn er stórbrotinn eða enginn, þarf aðeins að melta hana þessa.

roxalyn's review against another edition

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4.0

This book is bizarre and unfocused, but parts of it will stay with me. It's like an episode of Black Mirror written by Philip K. Dick.

solvihalldorsson's review against another edition

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5.0

uppahaldsbokin min - er að fara lesa hana aftur nuna því LMA er að setja þessa frábæru bók á svið :D hlakka til

gerdalnrmj's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

5.0

labonneville's review against another edition

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3.0

Concept intéressant d’un monde futuristique où la technologie contrôle tout. Facile à lire, mais certains bout et la fin est devenu un peu trop farfelu pour moi.

fienb_'s review

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3.0

This was... interesting.. haha

tcoale's review against another edition

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3.0

Bizarre but enjoyable dystopian book about the commercialization of everything. I agree with the comparison to Douglas Adams and Vonnegut. The only reason I'm not giving it 4 stars is because I didn't find the book "gripping" in a way that made me want to finish it. I got the general themes and could predict how it would end. Still worth the read.

pustulio's review against another edition

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4.0

Cuatro estrellitas y media.

Es un libro super raro, pero eso no significa malo. Si no todo lo contrario. Ciencia ficción super padre. Me gusto muchisismo aunque a veces si está bien romántico pero no es queja. Eso si tiene unas visiones del futuro interesantes, y otras que si están super fumadas. Pero en general es muy buen libro.

anaiira's review against another edition

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4.0

The backbone of the story is shooting dead people into space so that when they fall, they become falling stars, making the ritual of death more beautiful. There's also this romance side plot about two people who found true love and are forced apart by a psychopathic official because the official wanted to bang the girl. From what I got, the underlying theme is how people's relationship to morality, death, and love are changed by modern technology - large conglomerate corporations using collected data to seemingly improve people's lives, etc etc, and then something about genetic engineering.

I think all the ideas are interesting! I just think the English translation lacks coherency, it sounds kind of jumpy. I know Chinese novels translated to English have the same problem, so I really can't say for sure. I don't really know what to make of the ending though.

bigga's review against another edition

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3.0

Einhvern veginn á sama tíma bæði gamansaga og hrollvekja, sérstaklega ef hún er lesin árið 2020. Fáránlega forspá. pínu erfitt samt hvað það er mun skemmtilegra að tala um þessa bók heldur en það er að lesa hana - pælingarnar eru ótrúlega góðar en söguþráðurinn vegur ekki nóg upp á móti.

Worldbulding og persónukynningar ekki í nógu góðu jafnvægi - þeas rosalegt infodump í byrjun og persónurnar flatar fyrstu blaðsíðurnar, í raun bara frekar flatar yfir höfuð. Fannst endirinn pínu letdown - allt þangað til hafði verið svo ótrúlea frumlegt. kann samt pínu að meta

Mjög flott hvernig Andri þreifar vel eftir mörkum mennskunnar. Hann undirstrikar hvað strikið er fíngert alveg þangað til þú ferð yfir það,, þá er allur vafi horfinn.