This is a very good book, all the way up to the 95% mark or so. The ending feels somewhat rushed and implausible, but the bulk of the book is just great. Strongly echoes Stephenson's Snow Crash at times - the power of words, Sumerian, Babel, and all that. But all in all, it's definitely a page-turne...
Shorter review than normal:I LOVED the premise of words holding a power greater than we could imagine. The words in this book don't motivate people to better themselves, they create fear and chaos. One word destroys a town. I loved the different timelines. You can that one time line is the result of...
It’s hard to find contemporary literature that crosses over with Sci-Fi that produces satisfying results, yet Max Barry manages this and then some with his latest novel Lexicon. It starts at breakneck speed with the capture (and apparent torture) of male protagonist Wil as he fights against two agen...
Action packed, techy, and mind trippy... everything I love in a Max Barry book.What would happen if you had the ability to control people with words? Wait, what?!? This happens??!? How creepy! Well, Barry takes it to the next degree by showing us the possibility of mind control and how our future is...
Hey, Lexicon opens in an airport bathroom where two "poets" are jamming a needle into a third man's eye while asking him a series of anamolous questions. How can you go wrong? Answer: You can't.What's more, these poets have the ability to control the minds of others via the mastery of an ancient lex...
Πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα ιστορία.Η πλοκή είναι σφιχτή κινηματογραφική.Οι χαρακτήρες υπαρκτοί.Επί πλέον σε προβληματίζει αρκετά, χωρίς να το περιμένεις από ένα thriller. Πολύ καλό.
Confession: I was an English major for a very long time. I studied literature, linguistics, French Latin, a little bit of Attic Greek, rhetoric, all of the things a good English major should study. I like clever things and clever books, especially when those books happen to be about words or English...
I have to admit, most of the pre-publication buzz I'd heard swirling around Max Barry's new novel related to a quiz about famous poets. It's a book pretty far outside my normal reading space and I had no plans to pick it up. Yet somehow, feeling slightly slumpy, I grabbed a copy last weekend and fou...
2.5 Stars I am really not sure what to make of this book. It was interesting enough to keep me reading the whole way, but there was just something about it that rubbed me the wrong way. I've been trying to figure out what exactly it is that is preventing me from giving this book a higher rating....
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