adrith's reviews
376 reviews

I originally began reading this book when I got a signed ARC at ALA two summers ago. And then I got sidetracked. Insert shame-faced emoji here. I've checked out the playaway from work, which has turned into my proven winning strategy for finishing books I started ages ago, or meant to read but never did.

I had some ideas about what the book might be like on reading the title. It was nothing like I expected.

Sadly, not the satisfying summer read I was expecting.

I read as much of this as I could stand. It was too dark, and the one thing I thought would be the one bright spot the author took away early on. Could not soldier on.

I am sure many people would enjoy this book - it's just not for me.

Found the book on the NYT bestseller list, and put myself on the wait list for the Playaway. Just started listening to it today on my way in to work, and so far it's very interesting.

Edited to add, 7/1/15 - just finished the book. It was a fascinating "what if" - a realistic look at how humanity, with all its foibles, might meet such a crisis.

Having read this book, I expect I will be making a great deal of use of its recommendations and suggestions.

[Having finished McCullough's "The Wright Brothers" and weeping in the car at the ending, this is my new commuting audiobook. July 15, 2015]

This was a very moving story - I would definitely read more by this author. There was a section of this book where I wished I was reading instead of listening to the audiobook, because a scene that would normally be intense had so much more impact in the hearing of it, and I wasn't entirely prepared for the experience.

The characters were all wonderfully human, and the setting was exactly what I expected for a summer beach read.

[My current commuting audiobook while I wait for my turn with Armada to come up. July 25 2015]

The author is chief data wizard at OKCupid, and so the book spent a lot of time using the data he had available at hand to illustrate his points. It was not quite what I was expecting, but it made for good company while in the car. And it was pretty interesting.