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kenne 's review for:
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
by Cory Doctorow
What a weird ass book... I didn't really expect the end. So that was interesting. I feel like I never really got to know the characters, there didn't feel like there was any significant depth.
The begining of the book only held my attention because I was going through life stuff and it was a fine distraction. The magical elements of Allen's family was what predominantly made me stay. However, the back and forth between the two storylines was distracting and disjointed. That only got worse when towards the end a story Allen was written was added with no distinction between the actual narrative.
Hm, I don't know... I also feel like there were many things unresolved but I imagine that was done on purpose? I have no idea but I don't think I would ever read another of Doctorow's books if this is his best work. It just seemed like a mess even though there were undeniably things I did enjoy about it. I guess it leaves me somewhere between a 2-3 star rating.
The begining of the book only held my attention because I was going through life stuff and it was a fine distraction. The magical elements of Allen's family was what predominantly made me stay. However, the back and forth between the two storylines was distracting and disjointed. That only got worse when towards the end a story Allen was written was added with no distinction between the actual narrative.
Hm, I don't know... I also feel like there were many things unresolved but I imagine that was done on purpose? I have no idea but I don't think I would ever read another of Doctorow's books if this is his best work. It just seemed like a mess even though there were undeniably things I did enjoy about it. I guess it leaves me somewhere between a 2-3 star rating.