Oh dear.I got absolutely nothing from this book. No enjoyment, no thrill, no sense of wonder was aroused throughout my reading of this book. It was nothing but an increasingly frustrating experience because guess what? 'Real time' is BORING. Nothing happens during 'real time' which is why most autho...
I enjoyed this book. It was philosophical, but not in a confusing-full of hidden metaphors kind of way. It was actually a quick, easy read. The story follows 5 strangers in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. It's actually quite a simple plot, told in an analytical way. It's interes...
5 hours with Karen, Rick, Luke, Rachel and Player One. Karen, a lonely, divorced mother of a 15 year old goth who has travelled by plane to meet a guy from the internet in an Airport Hotel Cocktail lounge.Rick, a lonely divorced recovering alcoholic, working as a bartender in the cocktail lounge.Lu...
Player One had an interesting narrative, which I enjoyed but recognize isn't to the taste of all. The characters were compelling and the book addressed some of the thing we all worry about, such as death, religion and time. It was funny in parts, profound in parts, and in others it was both simultan...
This was an odd book and not one I expected of Coupland. His techy writing style is somewhat there but he delves into philosophy using geeky characters and references to help his reader relate. I was impressed by some of it, mostly in the beginning, but the story as a whole fell flat for me. I relat...
During 5 hours in an airport lounge a small group of people witness the end of the world - or of oil and here it is pretty much the same thing. While acid rains down outside and a crazy sniper keeps them looked in the bar we learn of things like white-mice breeding, rapture-goo and the mystery of ma...
"'I bring myself into the song. I am an artist. People listening to songs are like people reading novels: for a few minutes, for a few hours, someone else gets to come in and hijack that part of your brain that's always thinking. A good book or song kidnaps your interior voice and does all the drivi...
The book is almost finished. So I better write this before I forgot how I feel about it.First, the characters building. He is a master of this. No pages of pages of description, just name and some background so that the reader could have enough input to formulate an image of a person. It covers some...
Title aside, 'Player One: What is to Become of Us, a Novel in Five Hours' is an almost-perfect synthesis of what Coupland's writing has to offer.Ever since a savvy librarian recommended me 'Generation X' in high school, I've been a fan of Coupland's. His ironic commentary on modern life suited my se...
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