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geekyscot's Reviews (73)
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was great. Even knowing what happens as I’d seen the film it’s still a thrill-ride of a read.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I’m not the target audience for this, and it assumes way more prior knowledge than I have. Interesting at times, very dry at others if you’re not a folk music fan.
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely wild that it’s taken so long for this to be adapted, Hollywood loves games where kids (or occasionally adults) compete in a competition where most of them die.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There was so much hubbub around the film that it was perhaps inevitable that I would be disappointed by it when I saw it. The book on the other hand, even knowing what was coming at the end, worked so much better for me. It’s excellent.
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Controversial opinion, but for me this is his worst book so far.
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lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Interesting enough collection of essays, although there’s clearly no reason to name the entire book after the shortest essay in there other than because of the film. It’s not that the Sing Sing essay isn’t good, it’s just that it’s possibly the least impactful bit of journalism in the book.
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Harari, being a historian by trade, is easily at his best when discussing historical facts or scientific theories, distilling complex ideas into digestible and interesting chunks. This book is at its best when he is doing so. Unfortunately, because Nexus is focused on AI and how it may impact us in the future there is a lot of discussion of possibilities and conjecture, which is interesting but really isn’t his strong suit. It doesn’t help that the fast-paced world of AI means that sections in here already feel out of date, something Harari himself admits would likely be the case. Interesting enough, but the weakest of his books that I’ve read.
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The behind the scenes of the film stuff is great, the character narratives are a bit more middle of the road.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At this point, and only three books in, the amount of times that Stephen King writes about children’s genitalia is getting more than a bit weird. The copious use of the n-word you can explain away as a sign of the times it was written in, but the genitalia stuff is much harder to reason with.
Good book otherwise.
Good book otherwise.