For all its grand ideas Anathem is probably the “boringest” book I have read in my entire life; even Virginia Woolf’s stuff feels like a thrill-packed jet coaster ride compared to this stuff. I probably would’ve had more fun reading a dry list of ideas that Neal Stephenson planned to put in the novel, than its plot.
*sigh* Just read a summary, or wait for someone to edit it to 1/10 of its length if you feel like getting your mind blown by Anathem’s ideas
| Positive: | Negative: |
| Lots of cool hard sci-fi concepts, and ideas | Dull, positively lethargic plot that makes the novel just painful to read |
| Full of cool philosophical ideas, both old and new | Dull, bland characters |
| You almost have to learn another language to decipher the book |
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