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A review by jbrown2140
Polostan by Neal Stephenson
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I have loved lots of Stephenson’s books and read nearly all of them. This was just a bit boring for me. Its main character also feels creepily a little like the novel version of the straight guys you encounter on gaming forums who design female main characters with little clothing and post pictures of them.
The political “critique” here is tedious - basically “those silly leftists are silly and don’t realize how silly they are! Thank God there are and always will be real non-ideological mid-level engineers and technocrats to keep our world safe.” More or less retread of the same “critique” Stephenson has offered in a bunch of other books. He seems really enamored with the explanatory power of these lessons. Feels like he’s just preaching to the choir- roughly, the members of the 2600 Facebook group.
The political “critique” here is tedious - basically “those silly leftists are silly and don’t realize how silly they are! Thank God there are and always will be real non-ideological mid-level engineers and technocrats to keep our world safe.” More or less retread of the same “critique” Stephenson has offered in a bunch of other books. He seems really enamored with the explanatory power of these lessons. Feels like he’s just preaching to the choir- roughly, the members of the 2600 Facebook group.