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Book review: The Execution Channel
Jan. 27th, 2008 09:12 pmToday's book review is The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod.
This is a near-future thriller with enough violence and explosions to appeal to Hollywood. Unfortunately, it's a very complex and chaotic story, and it's deliberately told so that the reader can't tell what's really happening; we keep thinking we know what really happened and then realize that it was really something different. I finished the book a few days ago, and didn't write my review immediately, and by the time I'm writing this, I can hardly remember anything except that I was confused. I think there was supposed to be a point in the ending there, but I was too punch-drunk from the repeated changes to have gotten said point.
It was kinda fun watching it go by, but the more I try to remember and think about it, the less I like it. 5 out of 10.
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This is a near-future thriller with enough violence and explosions to appeal to Hollywood. Unfortunately, it's a very complex and chaotic story, and it's deliberately told so that the reader can't tell what's really happening; we keep thinking we know what really happened and then realize that it was really something different. I finished the book a few days ago, and didn't write my review immediately, and by the time I'm writing this, I can hardly remember anything except that I was confused. I think there was supposed to be a point in the ending there, but I was too punch-drunk from the repeated changes to have gotten said point.
It was kinda fun watching it go by, but the more I try to remember and think about it, the less I like it. 5 out of 10.
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