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A review by ryanl42
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
3.0
I started reading this a year ago and gave up after 50 or so pages. The author drops you into a future without any reference and a lot of capitalized words. There is no exposition in this book. The author decided that he was going hew closely to the show don't tell paradigm and tell the reader nothing. Everything you learn about the world is through natural interactions between the characters.
The beginning was a slog. The middle was interesting after I figured out a little bit of what some of the words were supposed to mean and refer to in the book. The end...I'm still not entirely sure how it was resolved.
The beginning was a slog. The middle was interesting after I figured out a little bit of what some of the words were supposed to mean and refer to in the book. The end...I'm still not entirely sure how it was resolved.