Reviews and Comments

A decent murder mystery, A soft sci-fi setting, and a whole lot of 20s somethings figuring out life. Good read.

Such a good little story

My least favorite so far but also it ends really strong. They could just speed up the beginning and it would be a complete banger. Still great but it took me 4x as long to finish.

Still a great read

Partner is reading this and thinks it’s really great!

This is a fun sci-fi detective story placed far enough ahead that we’ve reverted to the sensibilities of 1800s England. That wasn’t my cup of tea (which they love) but the environment and story were amazing. I wish the detective was the narrator throughout (like the first chapter) but not doing so helps keep us in the dark much like her assistant ex girlfriend.

Well written and quite enjoyable. However the journey might be more enjoyable than the destination but I would absolutely read the sequel.

It was worth the read. Fun at the end.

That was fun!

A wonderfully written story about the adult years of growing up, on a backdrop of the intense creative processes of video game design. I want these games to be real. I want to feel the characters expression through their art.

There are books where it’s a novel situation played out through understandable and straightforward characters. And then there are books where you have no idea how someone can keep so many deep actors in their head, you wonder if they were real people. Each character with their own motivations, and perspective. Sometimes I cheered for them. Sometimes I hated them. Always I loved them.

In any case, it’s a beautiful story. Heartbreaking and tragic.

I found out about this from this wonderful thread on the history of terminals kolektiva.social/@beka_valentine/111133366986262583

It’s not that complicated that we need a book about inputs and outputs… I mean maybe one does need this book if you haven’t yet groked this idea but..

Fun read