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Ack-Ack Macaque (Ack-Ack Macaque, #1)
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I'm of two minds on this one. I, like so many others before me, fell in LOVE with the concept. I mean, the cover has it all. WWII ace flying monkey with intrigue and mayhem. It just feels funky cool.
He's there, mind you, and he is exactly that, with a few caveats, but the majority of the novel isn't that.
That's where my other mind comes in, and while I'm not precisely disappointed, I do feel like I've been slightly bait-and-switched to a competent cyberpunk-noir SF with some fairly high Altered Carbon stakes. And I don't mean a murder mystery-type. I mean uploaded minds, AIs, and some heavy conspiracy stuff topped off with a coup.
See what I mean? The real novel is pretty fun all by itself. The introduction and continuation of the macaque FELT like it should have been the main-main character, but he was more like the wrench in the monkey business. Which is fine, really, and fun, but it also kinda felt like a lost SF UF opportunity.
I may continue, on the assumption that we focus more on his contributions, but maybe not.
This was pretty good but not brilliant, alas.
He's there, mind you, and he is exactly that, with a few caveats, but the majority of the novel isn't that.
That's where my other mind comes in, and while I'm not precisely disappointed, I do feel like I've been slightly bait-and-switched to a competent cyberpunk-noir SF with some fairly high Altered Carbon stakes. And I don't mean a murder mystery-type. I mean uploaded minds, AIs, and some heavy conspiracy stuff topped off with a coup.
See what I mean? The real novel is pretty fun all by itself. The introduction and continuation of the macaque FELT like it should have been the main-main character, but he was more like the wrench in the monkey business. Which is fine, really, and fun, but it also kinda felt like a lost SF UF opportunity.
I may continue, on the assumption that we focus more on his contributions, but maybe not.
This was pretty good but not brilliant, alas.
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Reading Progress
July 30, 2021
– Shelved
July 30, 2021
– Shelved as:
to-read
July 17, 2022
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Started Reading
July 18, 2022
– Shelved as:
2022-shelf
July 18, 2022
– Shelved as:
sci-fi
July 18, 2022
– Shelved as:
transhumanism
July 18, 2022
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Finished Reading