What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
112
pages
Longest Book
709
pages
Average book length in
2024
338
pages
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661
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Si’s
average rating for
2024
3.7
3.7
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.44
average
Si’s first review of the year
it was ok
The first half of the book introduces two new characters per chapter. Most of them turn out to be unimportant. The characters that stick around till the end are shallow and neurotic. The reader has no reason to root for the good guys (or the bad guys).
The prose was verbose, repetitive and a little pretentious. The second half of the book is just chaos.
In terms of pacing, it was very slow moving. It kinda makes a point about media exploiting peopl ...more
The prose was verbose, repetitive and a little pretentious. The second half of the book is just chaos.
In terms of pacing, it was very slow moving. It kinda makes a point about media exploiting peopl ...more
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Si’s last review of the year
liked it
A tech driven dystopian thriller filled with mysteries, mega-corporations, and the Matrix. The setting is bleak. The people are lowlifes. The tech is out of control.
One thing I found strange about the previous book, Count Zero, was that it was a completely separate story to Neuromancer. Count Zero was set in the same world as Neuromancer, but it followed different characters and the connection to the first book was tenuous at best. Mona Lisa Over ...more
One thing I found strange about the previous book, Count Zero, was that it was a completely separate story to Neuromancer. Count Zero was set in the same world as Neuromancer, but it followed different characters and the connection to the first book was tenuous at best. Mona Lisa Over ...more
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