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Reamde was just bad. Not even on the charts. It's extremely tedious and narratively preposterous. http://coldewey.cc/post/26464791525/reamde-neal-stephenson-20
by devindotcom 11y ago
Reamde was just bad. Not even on the charts. It's extremely tedious and narratively preposterous.
http://coldewey.cc/post/26464791525/reamde-neal-stephenson-2011 http://coldewey.cc/post/26464791525/reamde-neal-stephenson-2...
I'm going to read a few reviews of Seveneves before I read it, Reamde burned me so bad. Although now that I know this huge plot point (spoiler warning!?!?).... I don't know which way that tips the scales.
- rosser 11y agoI genuinely don't understand it when people talk about their experience of a work as if their opinions are somehow objective facts. "It was bad" vs. "I didn't like it", for example. That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm sorry you didn't like it, but that has no bearing whatsoever on the material, itself, or anyone else's experiences of it.
- ibash 11y agoI think that is just a quirk of the English language... For what it's worth, I also didn't like it - I thought the characters were dry and cliche. Multiple times I caught myself thinking "that makes no sense"...
- CamperBob2 11y agoHe cites a few specific issues, like random animal attacks that appear just in time to steer the plot, that are arguably grounds for calling it "bad." Well-written review IMHO.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoI'm disappointed that I haven't seen your review of Reamde until just now. I think it's spot on, with the exception that They pull the gun out from the holster, chamber a round, flip the safety off, line up the sights... understates the stultifying minutiae of the Makarov holster that Stephenson explores. edit: Ah, never mind. Just hadn't read far enough into your review.