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I felt the entire last third was the ending, and Stephenson – reacting to the constant (and imo legitimate) critique of his endings – was like 'screw it, I'll s
by 23B1 3y ago
I felt the entire last third was the ending, and Stephenson – reacting to the constant (and imo legitimate) critique of his endings – was like 'screw it, I'll show them!'
- isoprophlex 3y agoYeah I actually disliked that one because after the main action ends there's that weird last 1/3rd "ending" part, indeed basically a separate book. With the others, they maybe end abruptly but you can see it coming because the entire crazy journey you were on up till then reached convergence