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Sto caricando le informazioni... Fluxdi Jinwoo Chong
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() 4.5/5, rounded down to 4 for Goodreads. This is a very strong debut novel by Jinwoo Chong. The novel has a particularly engaging premise, and the three viewpoints are nicely balanced. The author does a good job of giving just enough guidance and structure to make the plot clear, without over-explaining or talking down to the reader. It does take a while to get going and to connect with the main character and his arc, but once that happens the story picks up pace nicely. Although the characterisation is generally okay, I found some of the main character's behaviour hard to understand. It also felt like a key motivator for him - guilt - was dropped in bluntly in the middle of the story. This motivator helped explain things, but it could have been weaved through better, including the effect of his realisations on his subsequent actions. The writing is fluid and evocative without being overwrought, making the story easy to visualise. For this reason I think Flux would make an excellent movie. There's some (mostly) deftly-explored themes about cults of personality, the effects of trauma and cultural assimilation. There were one or two instances where the writing became a little bit too blunt/direct about the 'message' for my tastes. It's likely that aspects of the themes would have resonated more with me if I was of a similar background to the author and the main character, but that's hardly their fault. I'd recommend this one - particularly for sci-fi readers who like a contemplative story. Thanks to Melville House, Netgalley and Jinwoo Chong for this ARC (provided in exchange for an honest review). "you're the most fun I have all day. I think that makes you my best friend. sad for both of us, isn't it?" is a line that's not too crazy in context but outside of it hoooo boy! this was very fun but I unfortunately lost the plot towards the end but that's more likely because I was listening to the audiobook and missed some things. loved the multiple timelines as multiple selves, being addressed as the detective, the loops. Bo, Brandon, Blue--they're all the same person at different times of their life, all dealing with the excruciating pain of their mother's death. In all stages this character believes that her death was their fault and reason for the downfall of their family, so the themes of guilt and grief are continual. Also continual, but less successful, is Bo/Brandon/Blue's obsession with Jacket Guy, a character on a tv series that they watched with their father throughout childhood. Between that character and the tv actors involved, I found these sections unnecessary and annoying, making the circuitous route of the story even more confusing. The impact of an irresponsible tech start-up company and AI on the characters was certainly timely. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Science Fiction.
LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.)
A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he suspects his mysterious employers have inadvertently discovered time travel-and are using it to cover up a string of violent crimes . . . Four days before Christmas, eight-year-old Bo loses his mother in a tragic accident, twenty-eight-year-old Brandon loses his job after a hostile takeover of his big-media employer, and forty-eight-year-old Blue, a key witness in a criminal trial against an infamous now-defunct tech startup, struggles to reconnect with his family. So begins Jinwoo Chong's dazzling, time-bending debut that blends elements of neo-noir and speculative fiction as the lives of Bo, Brandon, and Blue begin to intersect, uncovering a network of secrets and an experimental technology that threatens to upend life itself. Intertwined with them is the saga of an iconic '80s detective show, Raider, whose star actor has imploded spectacularly after revelations of long-term, concealed abuse. Flux is a haunting and sometimes shocking exploration of the cyclical nature of grief, of moving past trauma, and of the pervasive nature of whiteness within the development of Asian identity in America. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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