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This is my favorite opening line:
He may know how to start a book but he can't end one to save his life.
His older books ended pretty well IMO. It was only the later books where they sometimes make a major turn near the end and get nuts. I sometimes enjoy the craziness of it, but Seveneves was particularly jarring.
I disagree, cryptonomicon's ending just comes out of left field with the introduction of a new character at the end of the book.
I honestly couldn't finish it.
It changed from an excellent comedy at the start, to a spy thriller, to a war action movie and then to some kind of tech-startup biography.
Insane changes in pace. Did I miss a good ending then? I've got about 20% left.
I like to believe that his editor told him that enough was enough and that we had to end the damn book. And, if it was not for the editor he would still be writing the book, not not revising it, just making it longer and longer.
Haha he could have just written three to five books instead.
Fair point, I forgot about cryptonomicon's ending. I guess Stephenson has been pulling this forever.
I want to love his books, he build such interesting worlds and stories, but the ending disappoints almost every time
I absolutely get you. I do enjoy his books, mostly because they tend to center around a really great premise and are entertaining enough that I can not let the bad parts ruin it for me.
That book was a slog. Took forever to get to the inevitable you knew was going to happen, glossed over the worldbuilding, and ended it just as things got interesting.
Maybe it's an adaptation of a Hotblack Desiato song.
Disaster Area's songs are on the whole very simple and mostly follow the familiar theme of boy-being meets girl-being beneath silvery moon, which then explodes for no adequately explored reason.
Thanks for the reminder to get back on the waiting list at my library. I’ve been trying on and off for years to read this
I really do recommend it. Just know that the end is basically a separate novella, that is completely different in tone. I would suggest giving it some time at the least before you read the last of it at the least.