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Feb 16, 2020
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What got me to read this book was the tag line on the back saying there would be mimes and ninjas. Then I read another book by Harkaway and was blown away by his prose so this book was inevitable even though it was the first I was planning to read.
Having read it, I'm not sure how much I can tell about it other than to say i ...more
What got me to read this book was the tag line on the back saying there would be mimes and ninjas. Then I read another book by Harkaway and was blown away by his prose so this book was inevitable even though it was the first I was planning to read.
Having read it, I'm not sure how much I can tell about it other than to say i ...more
What a pleasant surprise this novel was. This is a post apocalyptic novel that takes place after the world has been rebuilt up partially. The unWar pretty much has unmade most of our planet and has resulted in uninhabitable areas, and gas pockets that can kill you, turn you into a monster, and simply unmake you. The story is about two men that end up like brothers at heart. There is a lot of Martial arts, ninjas, gun play and fistfights. The writing style is very high and the vocabulary is chall
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I'm not sure if this is a 3.5 or a 4. The main pai of this book is the autobiographical part. It takes up hal the book ad is filled with little information that is really unnecessary. I understand the need for the backgroud, but there was too much of it and it dragged on without showing any hints at why. I found it really removed me from the feel of the book
Needless to say, since I'm giving a higher than 1 rating, it must have improved. That it did, after whe finally reach preset day in the boo ...more
Needless to say, since I'm giving a higher than 1 rating, it must have improved. That it did, after whe finally reach preset day in the boo ...more
A story about the end of the world and what follows after, featuring ninjas, pirates, and mimes, which reads like a cross between Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, with a dash of Douglas Adams. Absolutely brilliant--strange as all get out, but brilliant.
Up until about 20 pages before the end, I was planning on donating the book to the library when I finished. Now, I've finished reading, and the book's going to hang around a little while longer. It deserves re-reading sometime in the future. ...more
Up until about 20 pages before the end, I was planning on donating the book to the library when I finished. Now, I've finished reading, and the book's going to hang around a little while longer. It deserves re-reading sometime in the future. ...more
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