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A review by msjoanna
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
5.0
So good. So hard to describe. This is a near future utopia that turns into a murder mystery enfolded in a video game. This is science fiction at its best. The near future is a genius expansion of our current wisdom of social media, high surveillance life into a world where everything is under constant monitoring, but it's for the good of the world. Decisions are made by direct voting in a poll-the-audience sort of way.
It's a phenomenal audio performance by a reader who I now remember also did an amazing performance of An Ordinary Man. This doesn't seem like the sort of book that should translate well to audio format, but this narrator makes it work, and work beautifully, for nearly 30 hours.
I loved this book. But it won't appeal to everyone. And it's long. So if complicated fantasy/science fiction isn't your thing, don't start here. In fact, go listen to An Ordinary Man instead because that's an amazing autobiography.
It's a phenomenal audio performance by a reader who I now remember also did an amazing performance of An Ordinary Man. This doesn't seem like the sort of book that should translate well to audio format, but this narrator makes it work, and work beautifully, for nearly 30 hours.
I loved this book. But it won't appeal to everyone. And it's long. So if complicated fantasy/science fiction isn't your thing, don't start here. In fact, go listen to An Ordinary Man instead because that's an amazing autobiography.