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A review by loont
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
2.0
Less a coherent story and more a series of interesting facts Stephenson read while researching and over the top cheesy scenarios. "Hey, did you know how filthy rivers were back in the eighteenth century? Also here's young Ben Franklin, who's right down the way from the guy forming MIT!"
Which SOUNDS cool in hypothesis, but you'll notice there doesn't seem to be a central character in that sentence. And really it feels like their kind of isn't, that Stephenson was just more interested in the world, which he often is, but this time forgot that we need a character to attach to so we can relate any emotion at all to the world that's so interesting.
Which SOUNDS cool in hypothesis, but you'll notice there doesn't seem to be a central character in that sentence. And really it feels like their kind of isn't, that Stephenson was just more interested in the world, which he often is, but this time forgot that we need a character to attach to so we can relate any emotion at all to the world that's so interesting.