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3.1 AVERAGE
3.1 AVERAGE
About a man who is in a cryogenic afterlife, the woman who is grieving him, and their marriage. This book made me sad which means it is successful on some level. It lives in the intersection of The Year of Magical Thinking and Genesis by Bernard Beckett. Although there's one spot in it where the book is like 'Fooled you!', and I totally didn't appreciate it. Worth reading, as long as you're not depressed.
The premise of this book was amazing. Strange and unique and perfectly suited to my taste. The execution of that premise was beautiful and tragic, two people remembering their relationship, their life as a couple, one now and one in the future, and both of them grieving, and neither of them wanting to accept death in their lives.
It was so good. Hats off to you, gentlemen. Loved it.
It was so good. Hats off to you, gentlemen. Loved it.
Ah. I really was with Adrian and Horowitz through the first half of the book and pretty let down by the second. My hope kept dwindling page after page as there was no connection to the conceit of the first half -- through the confusing, unfounded second reality for Jane in Cycle 2 and the total abandonment of the Jim in the future.
I know this began as a digital novel, and it does reek a little of the carelessness with which we tend to allow things to be published digitally. I've noticed a trend in novels and essay collections that really ache for better editing, for someone to push (really very good) writers further than the spot where they, tired in the moment, perhaps, closed their laptops and decided their work was done. It's not! This book has more in it that isn't yet written -- this book is still in draft. A really good draft, but a draft nonetheless.
I know this began as a digital novel, and it does reek a little of the carelessness with which we tend to allow things to be published digitally. I've noticed a trend in novels and essay collections that really ache for better editing, for someone to push (really very good) writers further than the spot where they, tired in the moment, perhaps, closed their laptops and decided their work was done. It's not! This book has more in it that isn't yet written -- this book is still in draft. A really good draft, but a draft nonetheless.
This book seems to have a lot of bad reviews here, and I noticed a lot of people saying it goes off the rails at the end. It doesn't. It's just not about what you think it's about. If you're excited about the cryotech future stuff, there's definitely some of that, but if you think that's the point you'll be disappointed.
I'd say a 3.5. I liked it enough to read it in a few sittings, but I thought the ending fell flat.
I also liked Jim's side a whole lot better than Jane's.
Also, who the fuck decides to freeze their head just because your wife cheated on you and never owned up to it? Really? call that bitch out. Not be all emo in the future.
I also liked Jim's side a whole lot better than Jane's.
Also, who the fuck decides to freeze their head just because your wife cheated on you and never owned up to it? Really? call that bitch out. Not be all emo in the future.
ok, it took me a month to read this short novel because I read another book in the middle of it. Anyways - this is a really interesting and very well-written book. Just do it - read it.
This novella reads as an interesting idea for a short story that never got edited down to size. It suffers from never really getting anywhere. Utterly forgettable characters don't help either.
Extremely 3.5 stars. Complex and interesting, but hard oh so hard. I'm not sure it lived up to its promise.