tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post7819035235981770673..comments2024-03-06T09:59:45.522-06:00Comments on Happy Catholic*: And Reamde Looked So Good ...Julie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-38009610753765808462011-10-26T10:53:58.473-05:002011-10-26T10:53:58.473-05:00These longer books really show Neal Stephenson'...These longer books really show Neal Stephenson's warts as a writer. It takes him longer and longer to get going with each books, and his endings become more and more unsatisfying,<br /><br />I enjoyed Anathem a great deal, but primarily for the world building. This is a paricular quirk of mine (I also reread the Silmarillion for fun) and even though I enjoyed the book as I tore through it, I recognized at the time that other people would find it slow. The ending, however, was obnoxious, confusing, and annoying.<br /><br />Diamond Age (which I liked) and Snow Crash (which I didn't) have the same weak and unsatisfying ending issues. Diamond Age has the same slow start. Snow Crash has an exciting start, but I don't recall it being necessary to the plot and the Pizza Mafia are abandoned till you almost forget who they are.<br /><br />So it sounds like Reamde has the same sort of problems, exacerbated like in Anathem due to his popularity reducing the amount of editing he gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-74592334210756833792011-10-25T10:38:46.419-05:002011-10-25T10:38:46.419-05:00I feel guilty now. I know some people who are rea...I feel guilty now. I know some people who are really enjoying it....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00633712081197318104noreply@blogger.com