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Homem-Máquina (2009)

by Max Barry(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Intrínseca

review 1: Книга, которая до половины вызывает подлинный восторг. Первый абзац у нее, что надо. Скучный, не слишком эмоциональный и разносторонний инженер теряет ногу, затем поражается убожеству протезов - и делает свой собственный, да такой крутой, что дисбаланс между конечностями его напрягает. Так что он отрезает оставшуюся ногу сам, чтобы заменить ее на свою разработку. А дальше корпорация заинтересовывается тем, что он делает... Сло... moreжно сказать, как можно было закончить такую книгу столь же мощно, как она начинается, но концовка Барри - это типичный палп.
review 2: A decent beach-read, I suppose, but (as per usual) I have some beefs with this story:#1. I'm sick to death of portraying the brilliant engineer/etc as an antisocial freak with fifth-degree Aspergers. It's just lazy and, as an (admittedly orders-of-magnitude-less-gifted) engineer, it's insulting.#2. Pacing is HORRIBLE. Good LORD. Listening to the audio book, I could zone out for a minute or two and not miss anything some times; meanwhile towards the end they just fast-forward through so much character development it's insane. #3. The complete omission of sex. I mean, I realize that keeping it PG probably helps move units/keep people subscribed (the book started as an online serial, IIRC), but you can't tell me that any normal person would happily replace their entire body and never think "Wait a minute, what about my bits?" It's really jarring. Yeah, I get that he's bad with women, but come on. #4. The portrayal of all things corporate/managerial as completely evil. I mean, I'm probably as much of a lefty as anybody, but I will at least acknowledge that the people who do awful things in the name of corporate greed have some sort of personal justification for what they do, aside from a blind allegiance to a paycheck.All that said, the book does bring up, and briefly explore some pretty interesting ideas. But it seems like it even does that by accident, and then quickly discards them. less

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