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revisins's review
4.0
Jaunty and fun. Layered and multi-disciplined. The various formats found within the pages make the story have a more a lived in feel. When you got time travel to contend with--it's important to see how it effects everyone else in the narrative world.
This book was a lot of fun. Perhaps too brisk in some parts and to laden in others. It's a balancing act that mostly works.
Did this book need another 300 pages? Perhaps...or perhaps only a 100 more with a culling of 50 existing. Again...the balancing act.
Well worth the time of the read. Take a chance. I'd read more in this multiverse.
This book was a lot of fun. Perhaps too brisk in some parts and to laden in others. It's a balancing act that mostly works.
Did this book need another 300 pages? Perhaps...or perhaps only a 100 more with a culling of 50 existing. Again...the balancing act.
Well worth the time of the read. Take a chance. I'd read more in this multiverse.
angorarabbit's review
I like Neal Stephenson’s writing. I made it all the way through the Cryptonomicon and Anathem. I loved Anathem. I also have a bad habit of reading ahead.
I got about 25% of the way through DODO #1 and discovered I didn’t want to read ahead. I didn’t want to read any of it.
Why?
Way to much quantum theory Schrödinger’s cat woo. Please can we leave the poor cat in peace?
Plot holes big enough to drive the Enterprise D through at Warp 11.
Too much playing on the strings makes my head dizzy.
Stereotypical characters. Especially the witches.
So much mansplaining and repetition. ( I make no comparison to
Groundhog Day since I never saw the movie.)
To end I will just say they could have written a couple of papers and received at least two Nobel Prizes. One for time travel and one proving String Theory and Many Worlds Theory. That should have given them enough money to not depend on uncertain funding sources.
Sorry, I wanted to love it but could not would not finish. Not even with house panthers and calicos.
I got about 25% of the way through DODO #1 and discovered I didn’t want to read ahead. I didn’t want to read any of it.
Why?
Way to much quantum theory Schrödinger’s cat woo. Please can we leave the poor cat in peace?
Plot holes big enough to drive the Enterprise D through at Warp 11.
Too much playing on the strings makes my head dizzy.
Stereotypical characters. Especially the witches.
So much mansplaining and repetition. ( I make no comparison to
Groundhog Day since I never saw the movie.)
To end I will just say they could have written a couple of papers and received at least two Nobel Prizes. One for time travel and one proving String Theory and Many Worlds Theory. That should have given them enough money to not depend on uncertain funding sources.
Sorry, I wanted to love it but could not would not finish. Not even with house panthers and calicos.
lulucent's review
promising setup but linguist bits and spontaneous romance was quite unrealistic (as unrealistic as things can be in fantasy / sci-fi) and the set-up took too long
mew41's review against another edition
Erszebet Karpathy was a deeply unlikable character who ruined my joy of this book. Might return to at a later date in print
katushka's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.25
tophat8855's review
4.0
I was going to give it 3, but it at least got linguistics and philology better than Seveneves, so I bumped it to 4. I listened via Hoopla and I think that was pretty golden. The audiobook is great for different voices, accents, and languages of the characters.
It's your usual time travel conundrums, but with witches, so that's fun.
It's your usual time travel conundrums, but with witches, so that's fun.
katelyncooper's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
char_lie's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
katricia's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
nothoughts_mt's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence