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foolish_shane 's review for:
The Mongoliad: Book One
by Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, Erik Bear
Yea, so this was awful. I loved Stephenson's [b:The Diamond Age|827|The Diamond Age|Neal Stephenson|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320415915s/827.jpg|2181158], I loved [b:Snow Crash|830|Snow Crash|Neal Stephenson|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320544000s/830.jpg|493634]. But along with [b:Anathem|2845024|Anathem|Neal Stephenson|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1224107150s/2845024.jpg|6163095] this makes two, one star books in a row so I'm not sure I'm going back.
It's pretty rare for me not to finish books (like maybe 10 in my life). It's even more rare for me not to finish something when it's on audio (like maybe 2 in my life). This was boring. By the time I got to disc 9 of 11 I realized this was just the intro to something REALLY long (and by default REALLY boring). I didn't care about any of he characters. It was just soooooo dry. Also too many characters going on. I guess that's where the long part comes in. All of these characters were going to take time to get their stuff done.
Unless you love long, dry, epics I would suggest avoiding this. If you haven't read Diamond Age or Snow Crash please do so immediately. Then you can give Mr. Stephenson some love, because I think I'm all out.
It's pretty rare for me not to finish books (like maybe 10 in my life). It's even more rare for me not to finish something when it's on audio (like maybe 2 in my life). This was boring. By the time I got to disc 9 of 11 I realized this was just the intro to something REALLY long (and by default REALLY boring). I didn't care about any of he characters. It was just soooooo dry. Also too many characters going on. I guess that's where the long part comes in. All of these characters were going to take time to get their stuff done.
Unless you love long, dry, epics I would suggest avoiding this. If you haven't read Diamond Age or Snow Crash please do so immediately. Then you can give Mr. Stephenson some love, because I think I'm all out.