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I love the first half but the second half is predictable and formulaic with stock characters that annoy you more than inform you. And then the sea people come b
by robbiep 9y ago
I love the first half but the second half is predictable and formulaic with stock characters that annoy you more than inform you. And then the sea people come back? Jesus.
<Former Spoiler regarding my frustration with some DNA stuff here>
Still, i'll probably read it a third time one of these days.
- TomK32 9y agoGosh, the whole DNS stuff was a constant WTF for me.
- ghaff 9y agoDNS is often like that for me as well :-) But, yes, the DNA in Seveneves involved a huge amount of handwaving to arrive at the story that Stephenson apparently wanted to close on.
- hackeraccount 9y agoThat. Right at the end of the first part of the book - when some of the DNA Stuff (put that way to avoid spoiling) is when I sort of mentally check out. It was especially annoying because it could have gone somewhere more fun if less... I don't know what the term would be, mythic, maybe? I think he was going for some giant over arching plot that spanned the book and that desire created the need for a bit more hand waving then I could handle.