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A review by bookph1le
Lexicon by Max Barry
4.0
What a great book. Action-packed, but with a smart plot and lots of beautifully developed characters. As much as this is a sci-fi action thriller, it's also a thought-provoking meditation on the nature of humanity, and how we value (or fail to, as the case may be) privacy. It's precisely the kind of book I love to read.
So why four stars instead of five? My major gripe is the book is a little hard to follow at times because the narrative isn't linear. This is only a problem because it sometimes took me a while to figure out where in time some chapters were taking place, which interrupted the flow for me. I don't mind a non-linear structure, but I would have liked better cues so that I could have remained immersed in the narrative.
Still, I highly recommend this book if you enjoy briskly-paced novels that keep things moving along without sacrificing characterization or plot nuances and complexities. I'll definitely be reading more of Max Barry's works.
So why four stars instead of five? My major gripe is the book is a little hard to follow at times because the narrative isn't linear. This is only a problem because it sometimes took me a while to figure out where in time some chapters were taking place, which interrupted the flow for me. I don't mind a non-linear structure, but I would have liked better cues so that I could have remained immersed in the narrative.
Still, I highly recommend this book if you enjoy briskly-paced novels that keep things moving along without sacrificing characterization or plot nuances and complexities. I'll definitely be reading more of Max Barry's works.