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A review by dav
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
3.0
This is a wild, ambitious novel that focuses on two of my favorite things: Brasil and Quantum Physics. I would like to give it 4 stars because I enjoyed much of it immensely, but it had a rambling overly wrought tendency that never cohered into a satisfying story. I think he was just trying too hard. Toward the end it really just went off the rails for me.
I read a lot of it while lying in bed feverish and, when too tired to hold up a book, mixed in with periods of listening to the audio format of the somewhat trippy [b:What Technology Wants|7954936|What Technology Wants|Kevin Kelly|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1285122152s/7954936.jpg|11619217]. I think this enhanced the pleasure somewhat although it didn't help with lack of the coherence.
I read a lot of it while lying in bed feverish and, when too tired to hold up a book, mixed in with periods of listening to the audio format of the somewhat trippy [b:What Technology Wants|7954936|What Technology Wants|Kevin Kelly|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1285122152s/7954936.jpg|11619217]. I think this enhanced the pleasure somewhat although it didn't help with lack of the coherence.