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A review by angorarabbit
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson
I like Neal Stephenson’s writing. I made it all the way through the Cryptonomicon and Anathem. I loved Anathem. I also have a bad habit of reading ahead.
I got about 25% of the way through DODO #1 and discovered I didn’t want to read ahead. I didn’t want to read any of it.
Why?
Way to much quantum theory Schrödinger’s cat woo. Please can we leave the poor cat in peace?
Plot holes big enough to drive the Enterprise D through at Warp 11.
Too much playing on the strings makes my head dizzy.
Stereotypical characters. Especially the witches.
So much mansplaining and repetition. ( I make no comparison to
Groundhog Day since I never saw the movie.)
To end I will just say they could have written a couple of papers and received at least two Nobel Prizes. One for time travel and one proving String Theory and Many Worlds Theory. That should have given them enough money to not depend on uncertain funding sources.
Sorry, I wanted to love it but could not would not finish. Not even with house panthers and calicos.
I got about 25% of the way through DODO #1 and discovered I didn’t want to read ahead. I didn’t want to read any of it.
Why?
Way to much quantum theory Schrödinger’s cat woo. Please can we leave the poor cat in peace?
Plot holes big enough to drive the Enterprise D through at Warp 11.
Too much playing on the strings makes my head dizzy.
Stereotypical characters. Especially the witches.
So much mansplaining and repetition. ( I make no comparison to
Groundhog Day since I never saw the movie.)
To end I will just say they could have written a couple of papers and received at least two Nobel Prizes. One for time travel and one proving String Theory and Many Worlds Theory. That should have given them enough money to not depend on uncertain funding sources.
Sorry, I wanted to love it but could not would not finish. Not even with house panthers and calicos.