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Worth a listen

Revisado: 01-27-23

Fantastic use of language. The characters are familiar from the preceding two books, and the whole comes to a satisfactory conclusion

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Interesting ideas but …

Revisado: 12-15-22

There are too many peripheral characters, and the personalities seem underdeveloped. I liked her book “Sea of Tranquility,” which prompted me to listen to this one. Some of the characters overlap, but “Glass Hotel” feels more like a work in progress.

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Excellent choice for fans of Prairie Home Companion

Revisado: 02-28-22

If you liked the show, you are likely to enjoy this book. In many ways, it’s like an extended monologue from the show. The bonus is you get a little insight, not too much, into the man behind the show.

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Powerful and timely

Revisado: 11-10-21

This book is a fascinating ramble through the history of a word and a phenomenon that defines much of our modern existence.

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Interesting but writing is a bit weak

Revisado: 06-29-21

The authors ideas about parallel universes, electronic games and AI are combined in an interesting way, but the prose style is too breathless and repetitive for my taste. A bit like Stephen King’s “11/22/63” in that there are elements of a potentially magnificent story, but the telling is somewhat flat and comic-bookish.

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Inspiring story

Revisado: 05-13-21

This is a terrific story of a young man pursuing his vision and overcoming challenges.

The writing is sometimes a little breathless,
But the story shines through.

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First Steven King I’ve read - disappointed

Revisado: 12-15-20

I assumed that because his books are so popular that he would be a good writer. I’ve never been a fan of the horror genre, so this is the first of his books I’ve been attracted to.

It has interesting ideas and a reasonably engaging plot, but the writing itself seems crude and repetitive. It leaves me wondering whether his earlier books were better crafted, but I am not inclined to find out.

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Wonderful, ultimately redemptive tale

Revisado: 11-27-20

Mostly set in Jaipur of the 1950s, this richly textured tale us full of insights into gender, caste, tradition and family.

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Interesting concepts, but somewhat repetitive

Revisado: 10-02-20

This is an important book - it sheds light on how complicated many of our technologies have become, to the point where there is often no one who understands the entirety of a program, system, or device. And that is why parts of systems interact in unexpected ways (Toyota's unintended acceleration problems are one example he uses). But he doesn't just expose the problems of complexity, he also suggests strategies for dealing with complexity, and in so doing draws parallels to the complexity of living things. Very interesting, but sometimes I was eager for him to move on to the next idea.

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Captures the lives of 1960s New Yorkers

Revisado: 04-01-20

Only the central characters are fully formed. The rest are sketched on the periphery. They may make extended appearances, as the narrative wanders into their stories, but in the main thread comes back to Viri and Nedra. One feels their emotional perspectives keenly, and learns from them. Jhumpa Lahiri has a nice appreciation of this book on-line.

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