Sea of Tranquility

Martin Rundkvist a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

Low-key time-travel scifi

4 étoiles

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I'm OK with the time travel paradoxes -- those are inevitable. But to me it's a pretty bad plot weakness here that the Time Institute notices, and manages to find documentation of, a glitch in the matrix that just looks to three observers like a migraine symptom or a petit mal epileptic fit. People's brains and senses make up all sorts of weird shit all the time, and nobody takes it as evidence of anything particularly significant.

o_O@bookwyrm.social a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

None

3 étoiles

There's a passage in the book where one of the characters complain that another characters portrayal of growing up on the moon is exaggerated and not reflective of her own experience, this is how I feel of the author's take on the pandemic.

mouse a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

Lovely

5 étoiles

I found this touching and hopeful, I liked how poignantly the characters were drawn, and the themes of kindness and the vicissitudes of life.

My main complaint was that I think the simulation theory stuff was basically an unnecessary macguffin and didn't add to the themes (at least as far as they interested me).

I found this touching and hopeful, I liked how poignantly the characters were drawn, and the themes of kindness and the vicissitudes of life.

My main complaint was that I think the simulation theory stuff was basically an unnecessary macguffin and didn't add to the themes (at least as far as they interested me).

Amanda Quraishi a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

A perfect novel.

5 étoiles

Not too long, not to short. Her writing is tight and I wasn't bored for even a second. She weaves together the different storylines perfectly and by the end, it's a marvelous piece of speculative fiction that hangs with you for days after you're finished. I loved it.

David H a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

A hopeful pandemic novel

4 étoiles

I liked the story of isolated humans trying to find meaning in their lives, all tangled together and touched by the miraculous. It left me feeling hopeful and reassured.

PanaX@bookwyrm.social a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

Review of 'Sea of Tranquility' on 'Goodreads'

3 étoiles

Nice short book. Nothing groundbreaking but adequately conveyed it's purpose.

Erica Molesworth a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

meh

2 étoiles

a little overrated

Koven Smith a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

Fun, lightweight

3 étoiles

A breezy, fun(ish, given some of the subject matter) read. The resolution of the book hinges, somewhat, on a twist that is revealed near the end, and I must confess that I was finding the book far more satisfying up to the point that the twist was revealed. It just felt a bit too “plotty” to me in a book that otherwise revels in nice details.

bbbhltz a publié une critique de Sea of Tranquility par Emily St. John Mandel

Absolutely Meta

5 étoiles

Fantastic to a point I did not expect. Very meta, and covers aspects that took me by surprise. I rarely read the descriptions of books written by authors that I have read before, and here it totally paid off. If you have read the previous two works by this author, you will like where this book takes you.