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Summary
From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.
This audiobook takes you on an exciting adventure that combines different genres, such as time travel, science, and magic. It cleverly intertwines elements of witchcraft and quantum mechanics, while also throwing in some unexpected Wal-Mart raiding Vikings. Overall, it's an entertaining and enjoyable listen!
I was completely engrossed in this book, just like I was with Snow Crash and The Diamond Age (especially The Diamond Age). It's an incredible read and I'm eagerly anticipating more from the author.
I must say, as a Stephenson fan, I was quite disappointed with the way gender roles were portrayed in this book. The writing was so poorly done that I couldn't believe it made it through the editing process. It was laughable how men were depicted as rugged tough guys, with the exception of the stereotypical thoughtful Japanese man. Meanwhile, women were portrayed as simply pining after these strong, "swashbuckling" men. And I don't mean that the characters were like this in their actions, but rather, they were described in the text in this manner. The witches in the story were meant to be outspoken and independent, perhaps as an attempt to create feminist stereotypes, but it just didn't work. This aspect of the book was so bad that it was almost comical, unless you enjoy reading Harlequin Romance-type writing. I would advise saving your money or credit unless you're really into that genre. It's a shame because the overall idea of the book is quite intriguing.
To many different narrators. I am an avid audio book listener and have heard one ready do multiple voices. Strange when reader changed and would do a character that had been previously voiced by another reader. Some of the readers voices were awful.
But the book itself was strangely captivating.
I thought the book was great and narration was good. Only thing is that they had multiple people narrate but not individual parts they took turns on chapters so at times you would get confused by the voice since last chapter a male voice was pretending to be a female part then vice versa. All were good narrators though.
Little bit of fluff. The rhetorical juxtaposition of military protocol, the technologists' disregard of BS, and and the witches' insouciance was fun for a bit but got tiresome. I couldn't suspend my Sci Fi disbelief about the obvious holes in the plot.
The narrators, however, were great.
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