A review by lizshayne
Crux by Ramez Naam

3.0

So once I got the first book in last year's Hugo packet--and read it--I couldn't NOT finish the series. Naam's approach to the technothriller remains compelling. I really like the nuance he brings to conversations about the post-human, uploading brains, and the way that control functions. He clearly has a specific ideology and occasionally slips into the trap of making the good guys a bit too good in that you don't quite see the ramifications of their choices. His bad guys doing what they think is right, however, are perfectly chilling. It's tough - I want an uplifting resolution in the third book that doesn't sacrifice the complexity of the questions in the narrative. No pressure, then.