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Aurorarama (2010)

by Jean-Christophe Valtat(Favorite Author)

3.22 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1935554131 (ISBN13: 9781935554134)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Melville House Publishing

series

The Mysteries of New Venice

review 1: I really liked this book but I think it is only going to be liked by certain people. It reminded me of "Sleep no more," the New York performance art piece where you wander around and experience things...plot being less important than being immersed. Also reminded me of "The Night Circus" (but much better). You've got to sit back and relax and allow yourself to be confused. I probably read 100 pages before I got my bearings. In a good way. Every character has a personality, and there is a plot though you can't fully appreciate it for quite a while. Some people might find the witticisms and clever writing distracting buy I enjoyed it very much. Jules Verne meets Sex in the City meets Occupy. It is super weird. Always surprising. I loved it but recommend it to my friends with... more caveats. It might not work for you.
review 2: I loved the world building elements, and the setting should have been fantastic and interesting. Sadly, I got about 100 pages into it without much of anything happening with the plot, other than the middle aged professor sleeping with beautiful young women and doing exotic drugs and maybe vaguely referencing the idea of social revolution once or twice. I'm shocked that a book with a mysterious black airship and secret police could be so frightfully boring. less

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