Markus Behrens Behrens من عند دكشورية، سوريا من عند دكشورية، سوريا

ربما كان ذلك بسبب توقعاتي الكبيرة لهذا الكتاب ، لكنني شعرت بخيبة أمل. كنت في الغالب غير متعاطف مع الشخصيات الرئيسية - باترولمان مانكوسو المضحك ، والسيدة رايلي البغيضة وإغناطيوس البغيض (وصمامه). أن يقال هذا لا يزال قراءة ممتعة وروح الدعابة وسهلة.

This is one of those books where inanimate objects and concepts have "consciousness," so you know we're in Existential territory. I'm a sucker for existenatialist novels, particularly if they're not French.

I was very reluctant to read this book. It looked good enough but the reviews were so back and forth, either people loved it or hated it. There was no in between. As you can see I finally got around to reading it. It was a bit of a rough start. The first 50 pages were awful. Way too much detail about the surroundings and not enough about the characters or time, or place. I mean would it be so hard to tell me how the horde began or more about the bugs (nanoagents). Or tell me why Mina looks so different???? And what's the Creche? Even though the beginning was rough by page 52 I was all in. I heard some people didn't like Rhys (The Iron Duke) I guess i can see it but I love him. His attitude and morals as a pirate and duke are set to this world and the way things are there. I still haven't finished this book however so i will do so before i finish my review.