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Computers Aren't Taking Over the World

Revisado: 05-01-25

Harari is a skilled writer and I loved Sapiens, but in this book he's bought all the hype aboutAI from overvalued tech companies. it's an interesting technology, but limited; it doesn't follow that it will become independent or surpass us in reasoning. It does some thi go very quickly and thoroughly, like searching and copying, and he's correct that we should be worried about algorithms making decisions for us, but that is a political, econo.ic snd very human problem. I do love his beautiful prose though and always learn about history from him. Last point: does the arc of history bend toward justice? Heck yes! When else would you prefer to have lived re: human rights?

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Outstanding Audio Acting

Revisado: 12-06-24

The narrator, the daughter od Paul and Helen (I believe the voice actor is Joanne Whalley) has one of the most charming voices I have heard. The American accent is natural but cultivated, with subtle inflections, great pacing, and a perfect French accent. The whole cast was good.

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Fun

Revisado: 10-27-24

Escapist thriller, great voice actors. Even though you can see the twist coming, it was well done. Will enjoy the sequel!

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Fun, Thrilling, Authentic

Revisado: 09-27-24

Manages to be both an exciting mystery and also flesh out the characters. The storytelling method of moving backwards in time is original, and the author does. great job of navigating the logistics. I'm also grateful she didn't make this into a professional woman's tale of regret over not spending enough time with her son, a problematic theme. Very fun read and nicely wrritten.

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Sorry, Tried to Like It

Revisado: 09-09-24

I enjoyed Cutting for Stone, but unfortunately I found this novel cloying, insincere, and full of clichés. A 12-year-old bride who then falls in love with her kind husband? I found the relationships unlikely and the characters contrived. It's as if the author hedges towards the sinister problem of mysogeny in India, but then tries feebly to rewrite history with men who are always kind and apologetic at the end and women who are never bitter or beaten down. The inclusion of the most gruesome surgeries and diseases imaginable comes across as lurid rather than illuminating, and they don't seem to help the meandering plot. My favorite parts were about food and village life.

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Why don't they write like this anymore?

Revisado: 08-15-24

Exquisite. The gripping storyline, but also the incisive commentary about morality. Grey's cynical friend is despicable, but also says some illuminating and even brilliant things about human nature. I love that that character is hard to pin down, which gives you conflicting feelings and makes the book complex. And wonderful reading!

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Mixed Messages

Revisado: 08-04-24

Miss Bart was supposed to be meant to liberate herself from the superficial values of the elites, but at the end [SPOILER] she just fades away because she's unable to face the shame of a false accusation that wouldn't have been her fault anyway? She's described again and again as able to handle any social situation gracefully and with intelligence, yet we can't (nor can her lover) be allowed to see her deal with a tiny stain on her character - death is preferable. Edith Wharton really gets into her characters' heads, but the Ecclesiastes quote at the end was much too preachy.

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Robotic-Sounding Dialogue and Voice

Revisado: 07-15-24

Some compelling ideas, but the characters are so flat and lifeless that the ideas don't hook you. The romance with Luoji and his ideal girl was so cliché and sexist it was creepy. The reader did wonderful accents, but everything else was read in a stuffy tone like a news report.

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Master Storyteller

Revisado: 05-13-24

This simple story is so beautifully told and the characters so lovingly crafted that it far surpasses most modern fiction. I especially love between the two men, far ahead of the times in which it was written.

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Such a Disappointment After A Boy and His Dog

Revisado: 05-06-24

Unfortunately this novel plods along with way too much introspection and description, and there is no central impetus to move it along. I tried to care about the characters, but maybe there is too much pain, loss, and injury and not enough joy, and they didn't seem compelling to me. Late in the book [spoiler] it changes to horror, but it still clunks along and isn't thrilling somehow. I'll give the author another try since A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World was so wonderful.

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