Book #105 of 2018:Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanI wanted to be drawn in b
Book #105 of 2018:Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanI wanted to be drawn in by this novel about a secret society operating out of a used bookstore, but I ended up rather put off by the tech bro vibe of its protagonist. There’s a lot of casual sexism in how he and the text frame various female characters, and way too much focus on his friend’s company that models the physics of moving breasts for video games. The plot also kind of falls apart as the story goes on, and all of the awkwardly-inserted teaching moments about things like Mechanical Turk resemble the worst writing tendencies of Cory Doctorow (or even, less charitably, Dan Brown).In the end I feel like there are many elements in this story that I could have liked, had they been developed by another author instead. But I think this first book I’ve read from Robin Sloan will also be my last.★★☆☆☆ -- source link
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