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A review by earthgirl207
The Mongoliad: Book One by Greg Bear, Neal Stephenson, Erik Bear
2.0
Good, but a bit long and disjointed. It's written by several authors and started as a sequential storytelling/social media experiment, and to some extent, that shows. More thorough editing could have tightened up the book; one of my pet peeves was that very sketchy details would be used to set up something, like the Circus of Swords, but every time the event was mentioned again, a few more details would be added, often slightly contradicting what had been said before.
Stylistically, I also think I prefer books with one main storyline, instead of jumping between several concurrent events. I suspect this might be a convention the authors borrowed from epic fantasy, which I don't normally read.
I lost interest towards the end, but the concept is interesting and I do want to know what will happen in the rest of the series. The book would have been greatly aided by inclusion of a map showing the archaic place names that the narrators kept using. I kept my phone on me so I could google instead. I'll probably finish the series, but not for awhile.
Stylistically, I also think I prefer books with one main storyline, instead of jumping between several concurrent events. I suspect this might be a convention the authors borrowed from epic fantasy, which I don't normally read.
I lost interest towards the end, but the concept is interesting and I do want to know what will happen in the rest of the series. The book would have been greatly aided by inclusion of a map showing the archaic place names that the narrators kept using. I kept my phone on me so I could google instead. I'll probably finish the series, but not for awhile.