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Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
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After a great start, the book bogs down into gibberish that is neither sf (see P Hamilton Void series for that), not portal fantasy (see M Stover) nor theology (lacks any moral dimension); 5 star for the first third, 1 star for the last two thirds and a huge, huge disappointment after such an awesome start
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November 27, 2017
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November 27, 2017
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June 4, 2019
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June 5, 2019
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33.48%
"really fun so far; Enoch Root is back (and we learn he invented fractals in the 1790's), the Waterhouse-Shaftoe foundation appears too while back story from The Baroque Trilogy is mentioned (and there is more about events set in-between that and Cryptonomicon)"
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June 6, 2019
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June 6, 2019
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Jun 14, 2019 09:14PM
I agree. I’m about 200 pages from the end and I’m struggling to finish. The concepts are great but it’s like we have several unrelated books tied together by some element I’ve yet to identify.
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I just kept thinking that none of this matters. It was like reading the Lord of the Rings without the quest to destroy the ring.
For me though, it really works. Whatever Neal writes I find incredibly interesting to read. I think I could go on for another 900 pages if available...
You hit the nail on the head. So much potential and so many ideas that were simply abandoned only to concentrate on the most tedious of quests ever.
Totally, totally agree.
I'm only in at around 100 pages and it's already tiresome (all that legal stuff concerning wills) and so if it's not going to get better than that then it's one for the trash..
Read the first hundred pages and stop.I powered through, figuring there was some point to the dumb storyline and that it would pick up again.
It didn’t. Wasted hours of my life on this stupid book.
He's clearly a master writer. His "thing" is to find a big idea and unfold it with humor and vivid characters. This time his idea got away from him.
Stop after 260 pages. Once the story shifts into Bitworld and Dodge, you’ve exhausted the best parts of this book. If you read beyond the big plot “twist” with Sophia, we’ll, you’ve been warned.
I was really inspired in the first half of the book, but the last half was simply tiresome and boring. The whole Quest section was mind numbing. Such a disappointment.
The last 150 pages of this book is absolute torture.
I am also struggling with the final sections.Reading about Bitworld is like watching someone play Minecraft.
I keep getting dragged out of the narrative flow by thinking this is all a simulation. They don't need resources, they can't be physically harmed etc but they are grabbing stuff and fighting over it anyway. I kept waiting for the metaphor to click but I'm no longer convinced there is one.
