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A review by dale_in_va
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
2.0
I ended up giving up on ths book about 3/4 of the way through.
The vignettes are vaguely interesting, albeit a bit overwrought with the male gaze for me. I got past the midpoint of the book and I still don't know where the plot is going, if there is a plot. I seems as if the various storylines are leading somewhere, but I don't know where and I don't know if I care. Perhaps it is because I can't relate to the characters on any level. They aren't really admirable characters and the science while there, doesn't seem to be driving the plot.
So not sure if this would be an entertaining novel for someone, but for me, I don't really love war stories, nor stories about not-quite enlightened young men during their sexual awakenings discussing women in not so flattering ways. I only picked this up because I liked Seven Eves quite a bit, but I decided to move on to something more tolerable.
The vignettes are vaguely interesting, albeit a bit overwrought with the male gaze for me. I got past the midpoint of the book and I still don't know where the plot is going, if there is a plot. I seems as if the various storylines are leading somewhere, but I don't know where and I don't know if I care. Perhaps it is because I can't relate to the characters on any level. They aren't really admirable characters and the science while there, doesn't seem to be driving the plot.
So not sure if this would be an entertaining novel for someone, but for me, I don't really love war stories, nor stories about not-quite enlightened young men during their sexual awakenings discussing women in not so flattering ways. I only picked this up because I liked Seven Eves quite a bit, but I decided to move on to something more tolerable.