Reamde

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Review #1

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I love Stephens books. Like, love them. Cryptonomicon might be my favorite book of all time. This book was amazing through 75% and then just completely unravels and becomes a long, long slog through a mountain chase/hunt. I honestly don’t understand how such a brilliant writer, with regards to pace and tension becomes so tone deaf. How many times do you think he should have the phrase “Talus Slope?” A couple? Try 30-40. At least. in 150 pages.

Review #2

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Although I have enjoyed other books by this author, this thousand plus page novel i overwritten and would have been a lot better had it been edited down to about 400 pages or so. I’m not daunted by long novels and have read many, but this one became tiresome to keep reading. I pressed on and finished it, because I’m generally that way with books, and I was rewarded somewhat in that the last 150 pages was more tightly written and held my interest better than the rest.

The plot involves a rambunctious cast of characters in the contemporary world, the family of a multimillionaire small time marijuana smuggler who made it big in the video game industry and then became respectful; a major terrorist and his various cells; a group of hackers who promulgate a computer virus that accidentally brings the first two in contact/conflict with each other, and a cast of spies and military commando types and other characters that move the action along.

Each time we are introduced to a new scene or additional minor characters, we are given long diversions and sidebars that may go on for several pages with endless tiny details that both paint a rich scenic and informational background, but also mire the action and the story in endless backwaters and shoals. The on-line videogame that anchors much of the story also receives similar treatment and detail. While some of this is good and one of the positive points from this author, in the case of this novel set in contemporary society, such “word building” isn’t needed and bogs down the story.

I started reading this as a preliminary to reading the second book in this series. Reamde was sufficiently exhausting that I’m going to wait a while before taking on its sequel.

Review #3

Audiobook Reamde by Neal Stephenson

When I have had enough of trilogies I often find myself looking for something single and comforting; I do not mean that in an anodyne or nondescript manner but rather in terms of seeking out someone I trust absolutely to provide me with all that I need. Neal Stephenson is one such author.

Having been bowled over by my first trip into his writing with Snow Crash, I have then travelled through Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, and Anathem. My last adventure, SevenEves was a particular pleasure, given the detail he put into the contemporary space engineering descriptions and developments, something in which I am deeply interested.

So into Reamde, and instantly into the wonderful combination of great characters, convoluted plot, and fast pace, all wrapped in a package so heavily researched that you half expect to reach the final page and find yourself receiving a PhD.

Where a novel like Player One dips into the technology of online gaming and virtual existence, Reamde has you opening up a shell, hacking config files with emacs, and pulling cat-5 cable through the walls; and what is wonderful is that this level of technical exposition doesn’t reduce the appeal of the book to those whose level of computer literacy is restricted to operating an ATM.

Drug smuggling, global spy operations, radical terrorism, virtual money laundering, and the greatest computer game never made: what’s not to love about such a literary menu.

Another hit from my go to man!

Fleecy Moss, author of the Folio 55 scifi fantasy series (writing as Nia Sinjorina), End of a Girl, Undon , and 4659 now available on Amazon.

Review #4

Audio Reamde narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

I saw this book on Bookbub, described as science fiction. It isn’t SF, but don’t let that put you off. I guess they gave it that categorisation because of who wrote it, and because a MMORPG plays an important role (though nothing beyond current technology). This is not a litRPG novel either, since most of the action takes place in the ‘real’ world and the game of T’Rain is not quite as central as the blurb would suggest, except at certain points.

This is actually a thriller. I don’t normally buy these, since the ones I have been lent by friends, whilst entertaining, have mostly been the airport book-stand type, with chapters about three pages long. Reamde is quite the opposite. Having started reading chapter 1, I began to wonder when it was going to end, and this was the pattern for the rest of the book. Not that I minded, since there was plenty of interesting material in those chapters. If you like straightforward action, with things only explained when necessary then this book is not for you, but if you like detailed world building, with plenty of factual or well imagined digressions, then read on. The writing, even the discursive parts, was very compelling, and often humorous. The book was also very well researched, edited and proof-read, so there were few errors to trip up my reading.

This is a very cosmopolitan book. There are important characters from multiple nationalities and cultures, and their different world views and backgrounds are described in convincing detail (nice to read a book by a US author who does not think of the world as in ‘World Series’). In fact the central character in the book is a young black woman, an Eritrean refugee who was adopted by an American family (and I happened to be reading this book during the June 2020, Black Lives Matter protests around the world, making this fact more salient). The British characters were very well done, so I guess the other nationalities were equally well represented. Also nice to find an American author who uses the word ‘obliged’, rather than ‘obligated’.

Of course, I had to thoroughly suspend my disbelief as various characters ended up in unlikely situation, survived against the odds and as all the main characters managed to converge in one place for the final action. I did have to admire the plotting that brought about that denouement though.

Review #5

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This book is enormous, as another reviewer pointed out the author does like to set up the pieces before commencing battle. A little patience is rewarded by an epic tale. Don’t be put off by the RPG game stuff, there’s no much of it and it all adds to the plot. Somehow he manages to combine truly fascinating characters, humour, intense action and a deep and an exciting plot in a truly massive novel. This could easily have been two books or as some authors would do, spread their poor output and lack of ideas over four or more books. So this gets 5 stars for its integrity, another 5 for the plot, 5 for the characters and 5 because it is awesome and original. -1 for part two, at times, can seem a little implausible and -1 as its a standalone (I think) and I won’t be able to read about these characters anymore. So that’s 18 stars. Oh just go and buy it please.

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