Blue sky, green trees

Wow, I did not see this book coming. It was our July book club selection, and while I was perfectly happy to read it I didn't have very high expectations. I figured it would be slice-of-life, heavy on descriptions and short on action, and the start of the book bore this out. However, things take an unexpected turn and the pace really picks up. Then it picks up even more, and keeps on going. I have to dock it half a star because there were still lots of overly-long descriptions, whole pages-worth of descriptions, that I had to skim/skip to keep in the flow. Otherwise a damn fine book.

I liked it well enough, but my enthusiasm for computer history petered out and I just don't feel like continuing. Glad I read what I did, it was interesting, but I'm in the mood for a novel and so it's time to move on.

I wanted to like this book because I like the author, but it was a bit boring. Did not finish.

Amazing. Wonderful. Made me cry. I loved it. Highly recommend.

I think this is a fantastic, fascinating book. I also think it is essential reading for anyone interested in Germany or the Cold War, and any topics even remotely related to either of them. Certified good read, highly recommend.

Hell of a good book. The sleeping around and divorce aspects were surprising because I had always been taught that up until the boomer generation it was deeply shameful to be divorced or to sleep around, and that there were serious social consequences for it. This book is another indication, among many, that this is simply not the case. Interesting, entertaining. Highly recommend.