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pris_asagiri 's review for:
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
This is another long long book by Stephenson. In some ways, I think his stories would be better served to be broken up and serialized. He packs a lot of information and a lot of action into his books which is fantastic and shows his skill at research. But it gets wearying, the relentlessness of it. It feels like a long march. And the fun and excitement that the story produces becomes hampered by the sheer length of it all. At certain points, I just wanted to be done (although I loved the ending so I was very happy to have stuck with it).
This is my 5th book of his. And I can see why this one is so highly regarded. It isn't my favorite but it is probably his best.
The narrator was very good. Again I have to quibble at the mispronunciations of Asian words. It annoys me because Stephenson works hard at the accuracy of his portrayals, so it seems slightly disrespectful to him (let alone the ethnic groups) that the producers don't ensure the narrator can say all the words (it's Ta-gah-low NOT tag-a-log). But considering the number of main characters involved, he did an excellent job of keeping the voices straight.
This is my 5th book of his. And I can see why this one is so highly regarded. It isn't my favorite but it is probably his best.
The narrator was very good. Again I have to quibble at the mispronunciations of Asian words. It annoys me because Stephenson works hard at the accuracy of his portrayals, so it seems slightly disrespectful to him (let alone the ethnic groups) that the producers don't ensure the narrator can say all the words (it's Ta-gah-low NOT tag-a-log). But considering the number of main characters involved, he did an excellent job of keeping the voices straight.