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sasstronaut's Reviews (195)
Basically, think Harry Potter plus Narnia with some oddly placed adult themes.
This book was completely unfufilling for me. Although I did find the characters at least mildly interesting, I found the story itself to be underwhelming and 2 dimensional. Not a very dynamic read.
There were numerous times when I felt the story was building up to something only to have it completely switch gears. This left an unfinished feeling as well as an idea of being drawn along before I was ready. Also tended to make me wonder why put so much effort into what came before when it ended up not amounting to much at all.
I often felt I was coming upon (or was already in) the central point of the story, only to find that wasn't really the case.
Additionally, I found the adult portions to be misplaced and not very well written into the story. Honestly seemed to just pop up because he wanted to sprinkle in some adult theme. Didn't work well.
This book was completely unfufilling for me. Although I did find the characters at least mildly interesting, I found the story itself to be underwhelming and 2 dimensional. Not a very dynamic read.
There were numerous times when I felt the story was building up to something only to have it completely switch gears. This left an unfinished feeling as well as an idea of being drawn along before I was ready. Also tended to make me wonder why put so much effort into what came before when it ended up not amounting to much at all.
I often felt I was coming upon (or was already in) the central point of the story, only to find that wasn't really the case.
Additionally, I found the adult portions to be misplaced and not very well written into the story. Honestly seemed to just pop up because he wanted to sprinkle in some adult theme. Didn't work well.
The first time I tried to read this, I stopped not too far in. I couldn't get my mind in the right playing field for it. About a week later I gave it a go and fell in love with it. It then became hard to put down.
I had a fun time with the concept of this book. It paints a not so distant future, black market, cyberspace playing field in which technology meshed with humans is a common sight. I got a really good feel of life in the world by the way people expressed themselves.
I did enjoy the story quite a bit, if only because you've really got to follow in order to find the endgame. The characters tend to be interesting. By the end of it, you get the sense that you really were there for a part of it but that's all. Gives me kind of the same feeling I get with meeting someone on the street, striking up a conversation and then going your separate ways from then on. It has a definite in the moment feeling as opposed to a overall story and is a small tryst in science fiction.
I do think I'd read it again.
I had a fun time with the concept of this book. It paints a not so distant future, black market, cyberspace playing field in which technology meshed with humans is a common sight. I got a really good feel of life in the world by the way people expressed themselves.
I did enjoy the story quite a bit, if only because you've really got to follow in order to find the endgame. The characters tend to be interesting. By the end of it, you get the sense that you really were there for a part of it but that's all. Gives me kind of the same feeling I get with meeting someone on the street, striking up a conversation and then going your separate ways from then on. It has a definite in the moment feeling as opposed to a overall story and is a small tryst in science fiction.
I do think I'd read it again.
