![]() ![]() It's as if the author had three unrelated novellas in mind, and decided to try to splice them together into a novel. He is a completely uninteresting character, doing nothing of consequence, and the chapters that include him are peppered with cyberpunk jargon that the author has made up. Ed Chianese? This character has both problems. But I thought that the author was using it as a cheap techno-version of "magic." If something incomprehensible was happening, he simply threw in some quantum jargon in lieu of explaining it and called it good. ![]() Seria Mau Genlicher? Some of these chapters were so shot through with casually tossed-off quantum physics-related word diarrhea that they were meaningless. I didn't understand why he behaved as he did, and the story didn't even make me care why. Physicist Michael Kearney? I found him contemptible. But for this to work, each of the individual plotlines needs to be able to catch and hold the reader's interest, and in this case, none of the three does. ![]() The technique of writing alternating chapters from the viewpoint of different characters can be a very effective way to tell a story. Tempting as it is to simply rant about how much I disliked this book, I'm going to at least try to provide slightly more studied, thoughtful analysis, i.e., WHY do I dislike this book?ฤก) It consists of completely unengaging stories presented in a wandering, incoherent writing style. ![]()
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