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Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
I have a feeling this is going to be a love it or hate it kind of book. I feel mostly positive about it, but I can't really give it a higher rating than three because I feel like it's the kind of book that demands re-reading to fully comprehend everything that's going on.
On it's surface, Gnomon is the story of a surveillance state and what happens when someone slips through the cracks. However it also weaves in other stories that twist and fold in on themselves. Structurally, I really liked what the author was doing. But a long, twisty and turny book like this is hard to fully grasp on just one reading. I don't know if I'll have time to read a 700-page book like this again to get everything I can from it, or if I even want to. But it's definitely something that will reward careful and attentive readers.
I received this book free from Penguin's First to Read program.
On it's surface, Gnomon is the story of a surveillance state and what happens when someone slips through the cracks. However it also weaves in other stories that twist and fold in on themselves. Structurally, I really liked what the author was doing. But a long, twisty and turny book like this is hard to fully grasp on just one reading. I don't know if I'll have time to read a 700-page book like this again to get everything I can from it, or if I even want to. But it's definitely something that will reward careful and attentive readers.
I received this book free from Penguin's First to Read program.