Reviews

S. by Doug Dorst, J.J. Abrams

carolinekysela's review against another edition

5.0

this is not a book. it's an experience.

i'll admit it was a little bit hard to read, given how many ways you can go about it. i ended up just reading it. cover to cover with the annotations and slips where they were placed.

i fell in love with the characters of the book itself and the annotators. very good commentary on the fear of the unknown.

im not a puzzle person so i just let the characters decipher the codes for me, but i could see major appeal for anyone big on that kind of thing.

was a behemoth of a book, took me AGES because of the annotations i think, and forgetting which author was who. but all in all i really enjoyed it. def good conversation piece

delgremmyaward's review against another edition

4.0

Narrative by Straka: 2 Stars
Footnote Story: 5 Stars

ajkreads's review against another edition

I just found it poorly written and boring. I loved the concept but just couldn't get into it.

sunny3730's review against another edition

5.0

Wow, what to say... First I read the book by Straka, going back to read the margins and I wound up rereading a lot of the book. I love the experience of reading the two stories and all the extras in the book. Furthermore I love all the internet activity on www.radiostraka.com (podcasts), whoisstraka.wordpress.com and www.eotvoswheel.com. It makes for a reading experience like no other. I greatly recommend this book, mostly to experienced readers but also to people who don't shun new ways to incorporate different media and are up to the challenge.

adelus21's review against another edition

This book is a lot and I don't have the time or attention span right now

toffishay's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

el_wheel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

It's a good book. It'll definitely take more sleuthing and digging around to get to the bottom of everything, especially considering how much is left unanswered but I kind of expected that going in- especially after finding extra "inserts" online. Overall, it was really fun to go through amd read everything and piece stuff together. 

emmawall's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

stigma_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emuhly's review against another edition

5.0

i fear i am going to be annoying about this book forever. i’ve never read anything like it & doubt i ever will — the layers of the story, the annotations (with their own story), the footnotes, the codes, the inserts??? my god!! this was incredible. i cannot wait to reread