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rhetoricandlogic 's review for:
Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
*Referring to the blurb above*
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Mind you, as blurbs go, this is a really good one, except for the last bit. It’s not about who will live and who will die; it’s about what is real and what is not.
There’s Huffman Coding in there and personalities that should not exist, but must.
What blows my mind so much is the way the author builds this story. Yes, around the 70% mark you get annoyed at the lenght of one of the stories of the five personae, but keep going - so much worth it - but to break this story down the way he did and re-assemble it all in the end is sheer ingenuity. Each of the “characters” are so very well developed throughout the novel, it’s uncanny.
I will admit, the novel could have been shortened by some 100 or 200 pages without loosing any depth, but even so it was a lasting experience.
Absolutely recommended for people critical of complete digital lifestyle, machine defined tolerable behaviour and the power of social media actually being the judge to life.
...
Mind you, as blurbs go, this is a really good one, except for the last bit. It’s not about who will live and who will die; it’s about what is real and what is not.
There’s Huffman Coding in there and personalities that should not exist, but must.
What blows my mind so much is the way the author builds this story. Yes, around the 70% mark you get annoyed at the lenght of one of the stories of the five personae, but keep going - so much worth it - but to break this story down the way he did and re-assemble it all in the end is sheer ingenuity. Each of the “characters” are so very well developed throughout the novel, it’s uncanny.
I will admit, the novel could have been shortened by some 100 or 200 pages without loosing any depth, but even so it was a lasting experience.
Absolutely recommended for people critical of complete digital lifestyle, machine defined tolerable behaviour and the power of social media actually being the judge to life.