It is really unfortunate that in those weeks where it physically hurt my face to read, the few moments I got in had to be wasted on this book. Because you see the thing is : I fucking hated it.
It came to me highly recommended. I'm known for reading anything that people recommend me, so long as it isn't SciFi. The lesson I refuse to learn, however, is that when I put that caveat on my inquiries for recommendations, people always insist on recommending SciFi, because they're convinced that I've only read terrible examples of the genre and if I just read this one book...!
I did my best to go into this book with an open mind. I know several people who typically read good books (good books as defined by me of course!) and liked this. I also have read many positive reviews online. But seriously? I yelled at this book. Out loud. And not in an, "I'm so caught up in the story and the characters that I'm driven to righteous fury!" kind of way. No, in an "I hate every character in this book and am hoping that my eye never heals so I never have to finish this terrible, terrible book" kind of way.
The problem with this book is that it was completely plot driven, and I hated the plot. There were 2 main characters and you didn't learn a damn thing about them, beyond the very surface background information. I hated them both and I hated the plot and it was just awful.
It was also very poorly written. I would have expected to learn that Stephenson was in some kind of high school freshman writer's workshop. Boring. Dull. Eye-roll inducing descriptions. Terrible dialouge. I'm pretty sure the guy has never had an actual conversation with a woman.
I think you get the picture.
1/10
YTD:
Books read : 12
Pages read : 3,371
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