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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Nicole Galland, Neal Stephenson
Before I begin, note that I'm a huge Stephenson fan. I've read all of his stuff (novels, short stories, essays, etc.) many several times over. And, of course, I know that this is a satire, social discourse, and so on...
But beyond this book being an entertaining yarn with some acceptable character development, my positive comments must end.
The dialog was lame, the story was stilted, the scenes/times were sparsely described, and the ending poised for a sequel... Oh, and it was horribly sexist... It took all of my will power to make it through this book, and that says a lot considering my love of Stephenson's past works.
To me, this felt like an attempt to modernize Patchett's Discworld series with a quasi-Gaiman twist.
I hope people don't just rate this one highly because they're fan boys and girls.
But beyond this book being an entertaining yarn with some acceptable character development, my positive comments must end.
The dialog was lame, the story was stilted, the scenes/times were sparsely described, and the ending poised for a sequel... Oh, and it was horribly sexist... It took all of my will power to make it through this book, and that says a lot considering my love of Stephenson's past works.
To me, this felt like an attempt to modernize Patchett's Discworld series with a quasi-Gaiman twist.
I hope people don't just rate this one highly because they're fan boys and girls.