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"Revolutionary or gimmicky?" (445) Revolutionary is definitely strong, but incredibly ambitious and generally successful, although perhaps a bit preachy at the end. I can't imagine how they managed to film this and what must be lost, and though I enjoyed the book I didn't love it so much that I can't bear to watch the movie (which is true of most of my favorites.)
Given my love of post-apocalyptic fiction it was no surprise that "An Orison of Sonmi-451" was my favorite section, but I found all qu ...more
Given my love of post-apocalyptic fiction it was no surprise that "An Orison of Sonmi-451" was my favorite section, but I found all qu ...more
This books is really beautiful. I'm surprised there are any really new narrative structures yet, but I think this really is something new. I hesitated to read it because I thought that, with 5 separate stories of all different genres, it wasn't possible they could all be interesting, but they were. I loved watching the themes emerge and seeing how he showed history to be not a linear progression but the same patterns occurring in different settings.
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Pretty great book! Gripping in parts.
Dec 22, 2008
Jess
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Liz Derrington
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Oct 21, 2012
Bill Doughty
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it was amazing
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Oct 31, 2012
Rachael
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