It is hard work to be a writer, especially if fame, recognition, glory, money, or a date is what you’re aiming for. It is more difficult just to sit down to it everyday, be disciplined to the degree you eventually get something scribbled down onto the page, and severe enough in your tyrannical self-...
The second half of the book can't sustain the first's sheer rush of interest, even though it does a damn good job of still being smart and dark and a-little-too-close-to-home. If you are a twentysomething - an intelligent one - you will find something intriguing about this book. I'm not saying you...
I haven't finished this book yet (and I will, so that at least my wasted time will have contributed towards my challenge stats), but I already hate it so much. Pretentious privileged bullshit, no redeeming qualities whatsoever. If it gets better by the end I'll consider increasing my rating to two s...
When I read Ivyland, I was contemplating writing a near-future dystopian novel featuring a populace numbed by anesthesia. After reading it, I dropped the project, knowing I could not do it better than this.
OK clearly, dude can write his ass off. Good job Miles, *I get it.*The world-building here (the part of a book I'm always most drawn to) is top-notch. A near future New Jersey where biopharma has taken over and basically become the new government. The kind of sci-fi that feels just contemporary enou...
Log in with Facebook 
