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A review by stefaniacg
Laserwriter II by Tamara Shopsin
3.0
This book is... quirky? The sentences are short, descriptive and often abrupt. It almost reads like the transcript of a Wes Anderson movie that wasn't made yet.
I really enjoyed the story, although I think I would enjoy even more if I simply read a nonfiction piece about Tekserve, a Macintosh repair shop founded in the late 80s located in NYC, which I didn't know anything about. This shop's story is fascinating, and captures a moment in time where accessible computer technology was in its early days.
What I don't get at all are the snippets where the parts of the printers have conversations... That knocked a star out of my review and made my reading experience weirder, although that might be a case of "it's just not my cup of tea".
I really enjoyed the story, although I think I would enjoy even more if I simply read a nonfiction piece about Tekserve, a Macintosh repair shop founded in the late 80s located in NYC, which I didn't know anything about. This shop's story is fascinating, and captures a moment in time where accessible computer technology was in its early days.
What I don't get at all are the snippets where the parts of the printers have conversations... That knocked a star out of my review and made my reading experience weirder, although that might be a case of "it's just not my cup of tea".