Chad S.

DNF
Boring story with drawn out details.

It's a nice, quick read. While I enjoyed it for the most part, it was a very sad story that just gets sadder as the it goes on.

Read. This. Book.
Can't recommend it enough.

Extremely violent and very graphic but it seems as though it was probably in keeping with the time so I didn't mind it too much. The story was good but a little confusing, it's definitely one that I will have to soak in for awhile.

Loved it! Takes you through the entire apocalypse; impending doom to apocalypse to surviving to rebuilding. It felt a little like two books in one to me.
The first 3/4 of the book are very hard sci-fi. Lots of technical jargon and descriptions for astronomy and spaceflight theory that will leave a lot of people turned off. Personally I loved it, I can say that I learned a lot of interesting things reading this book that I never knew the first thing about.
The last 1/4 of the book falls more in line with your traditional sci-fi. It's been 5000 years since the apocalypse and a lot has changed. I thought it was a great ending for the book and really can't imagine it having ended any other way.
Stephenson has said in interviews that a sequel could be forthcoming and I really hope it is. There is so much more that can be done in this story. Just one off the top of my head is the Mars diaspora. Their expedition is never mentioned again afterwards. So, that would be a great place to take it.

TL;DR Excellent book that covers the entire spectrum of an apocalypse. Stephenson is the absolute man!!

Great book! Loved it!

Loved it!

I enjoyed the story but was somewhat disappointed with the ending. Don't get me wrong, the ending was great and probably just about the only way it could have ended. I just really wanted Scott to make it and not go out in a literal blaze of glory. I'm also satisfied with the length. King has a tendency to draw stories out a little more than necessary sometimes so I'm glad he went with novella length here instead of needlessly padding the story.

Excellent world building and writing. Character development is surprisingly good also despite the fact that the cast is huge. Only complaint is the ending gives you nothing really. I guess I'll just have to read the sequel sooner rather than later!

DNF about halfway through. I couldn't take it seriously. The premise is just kind of stupid in my opinion and I felt really silly reading it. Fantasy books are usually very hit or miss for me. So, it's not surprising that I didn't enjoy this.

Quite boring. It's really just a bloated short story.

DNF. Nothing ever really happens. It's just the murderbot going from one place to another for half the book. I got bored and couldn't finish even though it's pretty short.

DNF. Too slow and the dialogue feels stale and immature.