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708 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780008404369
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The Borough Press
Publication date: 11 November 2021
Description
A visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson’s sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, ris...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,208 reviews
Moods
informative 56%
challenging 32%
tense 26%
reflective 21%
hopeful 17%
funny 16%
inspiring 11%
mysterious 9%
dark 8%
lighthearted 5%
emotional 3%
sad 2%
Pace
medium 44%
fast 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 45% | A mix: 44% | Character: 9%Strong character development?
No: 43% | Yes: 38% | It's complicated: 17%Loveable characters?
Yes: 58% | No: 20% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 93% | No: 4% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 62% | It's complicated: 18% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
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Graphic
Violence, Animal death, Gun violenceModerate
Child death, Sexual content, RacismMinor
Classism, Colonisation, War708 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780008404369
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The Borough Press
Publication date: 11 November 2021
Description
A visionary technothriller about climate change. Neal Stephenson’s sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, ris...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,208 reviews
Moods
informative 56%
challenging 32%
tense 26%
reflective 21%
hopeful 17%
funny 16%
inspiring 11%
mysterious 9%
dark 8%
lighthearted 5%
emotional 3%
sad 2%
Pace
medium 44%
fast 10%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 45% | A mix: 44% | Character: 9%Strong character development?
No: 43% | Yes: 38% | It's complicated: 17%Loveable characters?
Yes: 58% | No: 20% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 93% | No: 4% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 62% | It's complicated: 18% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Violence, Animal death, Gun violenceModerate
Child death, Sexual content, RacismMinor
Classism, Colonisation, War