abominabledrh reviewed Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Remarkable
5 stars
Part sci-fi, part neo-noir - I thoroughly enjoyed this.
eBook, 690 pages
Published by Cornerstone Digital.
Gnomon
- ASIN:
- B01MZGWCV4
4 stars
(5 reviews)
"In the world of Gnomon, citizens are ceaselessly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of "transparency." When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in government custody during a routine interrogation, Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to the case. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, she finds a panorama of characters and events that Hunter gave life to in order to forestall the investigation: a lovelorn financier in Athens who has a mystical experience with a shark; a brilliant alchemist in ancient Carthage confronting the unexpected outcome of her invention; an expat Ethiopian painter in London designing a controversial new video game. In the static between these mysterious visions, Neith begins to catch glimpses of the real Diana Hunter--and, alarmingly, of herself, the staggering consequences of which will reverberate throughout the world."--
Frank Burns reviewed Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Review of 'Gnomon' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Didn't finish. Started out promisingly but when it branched into a third distinct storyline without me having a sense of the overarching narrative then I gave up. Possibly just not my cup of chai because it was well written enough.
Sean Randall reviewed Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Review of 'Gnomon' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
This was an epic work. I can't quite quantify what made it such a delight, because it wasn't a light, fun, relaxing sort of a book. If you missed something it mattered, and every page was seemingly more confusing than the last in some ways. The deep richness of the stories somehow kept me coming back though, and no matter how many times I wondered just where everything could possibly be going, I kept at it because I'd become intrigued. This is by no means a book for everyone, it's almost labyrinthine in its language and drawing of a future world. But it's been plaguing me for days, somehow got its claws into me, and I am a little freaked out by the whole concept but very glad I read it. Whaat a complicated, potent book.
