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A review by jada
Permutation City by Greg Egan
2.0
I don't think I've ever done such a stark about-face on a book before; in the beginning I was really enjoying this but now I'm struggling to make myself read the last 50 pages, and after just having finished reading a much better book, I've come to the realisation that life's too short to hate-read books (because it's not bad enough for me to hate on enjoyably).
I genuinely enjoy the premise of the book; I find it quite original and well-thought-out with all the worldbuilding. I'm a fan of hard sci-fi (or at least I think I am) so all the technobabble was just up my alley. The writing style itself wasn't bad either, sorta matter-of-fact without being bland. I think the stumbling stone of the book for me was that the plot seems to have all but resolved itself at the 65% mark. From then on, there's just nothing compelling me to read more apart from a desire to get detail about the characters' experiences with immortality, and for whatever reason, I had no desire at all to do that.
I don't want to swear off the author completely, but maybe timing was just poor for this book.
I genuinely enjoy the premise of the book; I find it quite original and well-thought-out with all the worldbuilding. I'm a fan of hard sci-fi (or at least I think I am) so all the technobabble was just up my alley. The writing style itself wasn't bad either, sorta matter-of-fact without being bland. I think the stumbling stone of the book for me was that the plot seems to have all but resolved itself at the 65% mark. From then on, there's just nothing compelling me to read more apart from a desire to get detail about the characters' experiences with immortality, and for whatever reason, I had no desire at all to do that.
I don't want to swear off the author completely, but maybe timing was just poor for this book.