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dhschultz29's review against another edition
5.0
This has been the hardest book to put down that I've read this year. I wish the antagonist(s) weren't so realistic and easy to see populating the world outside the book.
lahowitt's review against another edition
4.0
Not as polished as the Postmortal, but once again Drew Magary has taken a sci fi idea (teleportation) and dives into the effects it would have on what we think of the banalities of life. No more walking? No more neighborhoods. Don’t want to sit for 15 minutes while they’re getting your table reading? Port for 10 minutes to a famous sunrise on the other side of the world. I’ll be thinking about this book for a long while.
librarimans's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't like this quite as much as The Hike, but that's not a knock on Point B.
usfsigepjoe's review against another edition
5.0
Big fan of Drew's writing from the Deadspin days to his novels. Would've finished the book sooner but I had terrible WiFi and was reading a Google Play Books version that requires a constant internet connection!
rhymeswithcarmen's review against another edition
5.0
If you were raised on Enid Blyton and Harry Harrison, love technology but hate the tech industry, and wistfully recall when Neal Stephenson wrote books that were under 500 pages, this may be the book for you.
chairhouse's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
pio_near's review against another edition
4.0
Overall, this was an enjoyable book. Some of the Characters fast dialog and one liners really kept the story moving and gave good character depth to what could have been a very cut and paste story.
As with other scifi style titles, there are plot holes and contradicting events, but these were spaced out and didn't detract terribly from the overall storyline.
Most main and direct supporting characters were given depth and a reason to root for them. Villains, on the otherhand, were very one dimensional, colored with an almost caricature type of drop-in mad-scientist vibe. This took me off the story a bit at times.
In a nutshell, a good escapism piece of scifi that would pair well with YA Fantasy/Adventure sensibilities
As with other scifi style titles, there are plot holes and contradicting events, but these were spaced out and didn't detract terribly from the overall storyline.
Most main and direct supporting characters were given depth and a reason to root for them. Villains, on the otherhand, were very one dimensional, colored with an almost caricature type of drop-in mad-scientist vibe. This took me off the story a bit at times.
In a nutshell, a good escapism piece of scifi that would pair well with YA Fantasy/Adventure sensibilities
a_novel_craving's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Drug use, Deportation, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Police brutality, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gore, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual assault
adamrbrooks's review against another edition
4.0
Reviews focusing on "here's what the content creator SHOULD" have done are lame. And yet...
This is an entertaining story. Like Magary's "The Immortal," it imagines a future where technology changes everything, for good and for ill, and spins out the consequences for us all. Cheap teleportation allowing anyone to go everywhere really would ruin everywhere good. And his cultural criticism is still relevant (When protagonist says she hates a violent law enforcement agency, someone else says: "It ain't about you. The point is America.")
But the evil-doers are just so cartoonish that it made it hard to appreciate the good in the book. One is a pure masochist who tortures people just for fun. That's rare in real life. The force that causes more harm (and the style of harm the book focuses on) is more likely to be amorality, or merely putting profits over people. It's a bit less dramatic, but I know from Magary's political writing it's the sort of thing he understands.
For me, it would have made the book better to explore those ideas.
This is an entertaining story. Like Magary's "The Immortal," it imagines a future where technology changes everything, for good and for ill, and spins out the consequences for us all. Cheap teleportation allowing anyone to go everywhere really would ruin everywhere good. And his cultural criticism is still relevant (When protagonist says she hates a violent law enforcement agency, someone else says: "It ain't about you. The point is America.")
But the evil-doers are just so cartoonish that it made it hard to appreciate the good in the book. One is a pure masochist who tortures people just for fun. That's rare in real life. The force that causes more harm (and the style of harm the book focuses on) is more likely to be amorality, or merely putting profits over people. It's a bit less dramatic, but I know from Magary's political writing it's the sort of thing he understands.
For me, it would have made the book better to explore those ideas.