Reamde by Neal Stephenson is a novel that I picked up to listen to during my commute. I have really enjoyed almost everything I have read that Neal Stephenson has written. Apparently there is some discussion of the book becoming a television series (http://www.themarysue.com/reamde-television-show/) so that makes it a more compelling book to get to know before the series starts. There is an interview with Neal Stephenson about this book here: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-neal-stephenson/
Started: 5/21/2013
Completed: 6/9/2013
Recommendation: OH YES! Go read this book...
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
There is no chance I can do this book justice in a couple of hundred words, so bear with me. Action. Yes. Arguably too much--almost everyone kills someone. Character development? In some characters, yes. In others, characters with specific traits react to a variety of circumstances. There is one character who keeps finding her way out of scrapes and it gets increasingly hard to believe that each one can happen. Of course, that is the way it is in books like this...the major characters survive. Unlike Snow Crash (which also centers around a virus), this book is far less of a technical thriller and more of an espionage book. There are no cool gadgets (like 007), rather this is just tough, gut it out hard work (more reminiscent of Mission Impossible). The book moves fairly quickly and I was occasionally on the edge of my seat (which isn't great when one is driving). It is also kind of fun that there isn't a lot of focus on how "hot" or "not" someone is.
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