bookchell 's review for:

The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
4.0
adventurous dark informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think it felt under-researched or something with the Von Neumann stuff so that the promise of his "big turn to evil" didn't really materialize. I was really intrigued and satisfied with the later go/AI stuff though. Did a very good job at running up against the boundaries of AI as a human/thinking machine.