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Title: Another overrated mess
Review: Another book with critical acclaim making a great deal of noise and signifying nothing. I'm a computer nerd myself and frankly by about 1/2 way through the book, I stopped caring about any of the characters. When you stop being impressed with Stephenson's wealth of knowledge, you're left feeling like you've been had. The ideas are old sci-fi mixed with every second rate espionage thriller you've seen in the movies over the past four years. I read through it, but frankly....the author tries too hard, and it's too long. The whole thing could have been done in 200 pages. And this is only the first part?! Please, spare us.
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