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Tom Quinn
is 10% done
Back to the mundane details, which is a letdown after some tantalizing discussion of metaphysics. What IS this book, anyway? Philosophy or travelogue? Fiction or memoir?
— Feb 14, 2021 09:45AM
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Tom Quinn
is 83% done
By this point the "split personality" subplot has become so buried in murky metaphysics, repetitive roadside detail, and academic political theater that it's losing significance. I feel this book is too long by a solid 50 or even 100 pages, and something should have been excised.
— Feb 23, 2021 07:50AM
Tom Quinn
is 52% done
Oooookaaaayy, we've crossed a line and I'm getting bored and irritated. There's some interesting stuff in here but it's growing tedious. Time to start listening on 1.25x speed.
— Feb 20, 2021 07:17AM
Tom Quinn
is 38% done
It built very slowly but an overarching conceit connecting motorcycles, the trip they're on, and the mind has emerged. Something about continuity, whether/how a machine is still the same thing from one moment to the next, and if/how that applies to the Self - the finer details are hard to put into words but I'm absorbed enough that even though I don't care for this narrator I want to see this to the end.
— Feb 17, 2021 10:20AM
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Simon wrote: "all"Tobias wrote: "As I remember it; all four."
Ha! Intriguing. I did not get that impression from what little intro I'd had, I thought it'd be much more straightforward... makes me reconsider how I've been evaluating this.
this is an interesting read. i read it many years ago, and i took a lot of notes (and scribbles, and doodles) while reading. there were lots of circles and arrows going round and round my pages. overall, i took it in philosophically - but it was dancing around many different pigeon holes in the process. i hope you will come away liking it. 😊
JenniferD wrote: "overall, i took it in philosophically - but it was dancing around many different pigeon holes in the process. i hope you will come away liking it. 😊"So far I like the concept more than the execution... but I've got a lot more to go still and this narrator may win me over yet.
