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kaora4 's review for:
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson
Overall I quite enjoyed this book.
I have tried Neal Stephenson a few times before with no luck but this one just really appealed to me and I'm glad I picked it up.
I really enjoyed the characters, the premise and how the book was laid out having snippets of documents and diaries to back up what the narrator was saying.
So then why 3 stars?
This is a monster of a book. At 750+ pages it is quite an undertaking. I don't mind that at all if I feel the 750+ pages are necessary. However, some parts of this book seemed like they could have been shortened by a great deal and still produced a great book.
And because of the ending sadly. It's okay as far as an ending goes, but for a book of this size I expected more.
That being said people who enjoy time travel would enjoy this book I feel and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Just be warned - it is quite big and you may not feel that content "everything is wrapped up nicely" feeling when this book is done.
I have tried Neal Stephenson a few times before with no luck but this one just really appealed to me and I'm glad I picked it up.
I really enjoyed the characters, the premise and how the book was laid out having snippets of documents and diaries to back up what the narrator was saying.
So then why 3 stars?
This is a monster of a book. At 750+ pages it is quite an undertaking. I don't mind that at all if I feel the 750+ pages are necessary. However, some parts of this book seemed like they could have been shortened by a great deal and still produced a great book.
And because of the ending sadly. It's okay as far as an ending goes, but for a book of this size I expected more.
That being said people who enjoy time travel would enjoy this book I feel and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Just be warned - it is quite big and you may not feel that content "everything is wrapped up nicely" feeling when this book is done.