Joel Spiro Spiro từ Yeniyurt Köyü, 24300 Yeniyurt Köyü/Refahiye/Erzincan, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ từ Yeniyurt Köyü, 24300 Yeniyurt Köyü/Refahiye/Erzincan, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ

Tôi yêu bìa của cuốn sách này, và phong cách viết của Harriet Evans. Tuy nhiên tôi hơi thất vọng khi tôi thấy phong cách viết hơi nhàm chán và hơi quá dễ đoán. Tôi đã mong đợi được giải trí nhiều hơn một chút so với tôi. Nhìn chung, đây không phải là một cuốn sách tồi và nó chắc chắn là một cuốn sách dễ đọc nhưng nếu bạn đang tìm kiếm một chiếc răng chìm và tham gia vào loại đọc thì đây không phải là nó.

it's a graet book

This book was fantastic. I haven't been impressed by a book in such a manner in a long time. The best way I can think to describe it is 'intellectual without being pedantic;' it weaves fact and fiction in marvellous ways, leading to a depressing-yet-satisfying conclusion. Many of the facts and ideas that underlie the story aren't as groundbreaking as they seem on first blush. I can draw parallels to a lot of other works - movies, TV shows, music, books and even video games - that have already explored these basic ideas in varying degress of depth. Maybe reading the book five years after it was published has something to do with it. Regardless, I was impressed with how they were combined with the powerful original (well, original to me anyway) ideas to create a wonderful, thought-provoking story. As a scientist, I enjoyed how the book embraced the... style of a scientist, for lack of a better word. Of course, discovering the author is a scientist certainly explains this observation. It also explains part of my fascination with the writing; it contains the sardonic wit and subtle humour I've come to recognize in many like-minded colleagues. There's a teaser video for the book still available on the author's website that features some deliciously cynical social commentary woven into the backstory, though I don't recommend watching it until after reading the book. Certain parts of the story wouldn't have had the same impact with the foreknowledge of certain facets of the setting's background. Another thing with appealed to the scientist in me was the attention to detail with the books more fantastic elements. The more I learn of nature and the universe, the less bullshit I can endure before I suffer the dreaded break in immmersion. It was nice to be able to plow through the narrative without stoping to think "Hey, that wouldn't work because..." And for those concepts that I don't quite understand, the author presents ideas with such credibility that I could just assume the logic was solid and keep on reading. I can easily see myself re-reading this book in a year or so, to see how it affects me after I've studied a bit more of those unfamiliar concepts. In the meantime, I'm definitely adding the author's other works to my to-read list.