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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
Creo que hubo muchas cosas para que este libro me super zurrara los huevos. Empieza bien y después se va a la mierda, es como beverly hills meets the big bang theory. Horrible, tarde muchísimo en terminarlo. Y creo que me forcé tanto que lo odie. No leería nada mas de Douglas Coupland.
Not a bad novel, I feel many references are over my head or not fully grasped as someone without any real connection to the West Coast tech scene (though I do believe it's captured the vibes of the early 90s tech era well). I definitely think some will really love this book, start was a bit meh imo but it picked up well. The development of the individuals in the story on a personal level was a highlight of the book.
This is a very chill read up until the last quarter, but that last quarter makes this book, without it it's meh. I really enjoyed witnessing the build up from friendship to family between the characters, and that really shines in the finale which is why, I guess, I can't stop talking about it. The characters are solid, and I really like the way Daniel, the narrator manages to casually capture descriptive details about everything that's going on.
The afternoon I spent with this book was a very pleasant one.
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(it's his diary)The afternoon I spent with this book was a very pleasant one.
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
September 2015: I've probably read this book a half-dozen times in the last 20 years, and I'm re-reading it again. Something known and comfortable and beloved - and a love story to boot - is exactly what I need this week.
September 2015 reread: I love it just as much every time.
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I love Microserfs. I will always love Microserfs. I don't give a damn what anyone else says about it. Perhaps it was a result of the time of my life in which I first read it, but I fell hard for this book and have never stopped adoring it. It's one of my lifetime re-reads, and easily the best book Douglas Coupland has ever written.
September 2015 reread: I love it just as much every time.
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I love Microserfs. I will always love Microserfs. I don't give a damn what anyone else says about it. Perhaps it was a result of the time of my life in which I first read it, but I fell hard for this book and have never stopped adoring it. It's one of my lifetime re-reads, and easily the best book Douglas Coupland has ever written.
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
As a programmer that has been steeped in Silicon Valley culture for the past couple of years, reading Microserfs feels like a sort of pilgrimage I had to make. Strangely enough, for the most part, it seems that things haven’t changed in the Valley a whole lot in the past 20 years ago. Nerds were still nerds; the tech world still had a problem with women, both then and now. In fact, it’s amazing what hasn’t changed between the first and second tech bubbles. That said, I was a bit underwhelmed by Microserfs. There’s not much of a story here—more like a series of vignettes—and while it had some good insight and provocative one-liners, I didn’t find it as a whole to be a terribly compelling read. The characters were varied and interesting, though, and as they’re mostly what drove the story, Microserfs was a success in that regard. I’d consider this to be “mandatory reading” for programmers, along with Ellen Ullman’s The Bug, and certainly it covers an interesting piece of history, but I wouldn’t expect much more out of Microserfs than that.