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Title: An ok idea, but terrible writing
Review: The overall ideas are good, both the major premise driving the story as well as the bubble environments used for research and some interaction. I particularly enjoyed the panic the lead character experiences the few times he's forced to communicate without the available metaphors that are typically generated for him when he uses his bubble.But that is all there is to enjoy. The writing is simply amateurish, and certain key associations are beaten to death...This is a second draft, not a finished book. At times it was so difficult to read I had to put it down and read some magazine article simply to be able to trudge on and find out the ending. I can't get myself to read the sequel, even though I did finish this one.
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