Gavin

Was really neat. Liked and disliked the choice of using a new language. Lots of characters, but only really needed to know a few, so wasn't overwhelming. Super progressive for being written in the 60s, but also sometimes some very weird and archaic views of women (or fems).

Not bad

It was ok.

First bit was actually slow and kinda boring.
Second 2/3 were actually somewhat entertaining.

It read like a 2 hour movie though. Everything felt rushed. Nothing felt super deep. Lots of convenient plot devices (like learning to hack an entire system in less than an hour).

I'd call it good mary sue fanfiction.

Maybe I just had too high of hopes after Ready Player One.

I enjoyed it. Not as good as old man's war or the rest of them.

Can't wait for the next one.

Will buy when the entire book is out.

I remember seeing the movie trailer and going hrmmm. Remember starting the movie and not much else. So when I spotted this book at the library I got super curious. What actually happened. What's the 5th wave. Etc

Now it had a lot of the tropes. Badass girl. Girl not being noticed. Girl falling for pretty boy. And honestly none of them felt too much or overwhelming. I got super curious about things, and enough time was spent on the main characters that I got invested. Only had one real moment near the start of “huh. That's an odd choice for a male writer of a female character to do”.

Was it the best thing ever? Not by a long shot. But it kept me interested and I may even pick up the sequels sometime

Ps. Tried watching the movie again tonight. It was absolutely aweful.

Well written, funny, fun but short book. I would easily recommend this to others. I don't know how much of it is real, but I hope a lot.

I loved his stories, and gives an anxiety based person like me a lot of hope for the future.

I was kinda reluctant to give it 5 stars. It was very clichéd, but I don't think it matters. I really loved almost everything about this book, I would highly recommend it to others.

I found I could easily relate to a lot of the characters. Even though I knew it was fake, I both felt sorry for and envied the main character.

The anxiety the main character echos a lot of what i've gone through in the past (and to some degree still). I can identify the same feelings Cather goes through, but at the same time it pushes me to try a bit harder to not give up as easily.

I know I had trouble putting the book down to go to bed.

My half way point review/notes read “It feels to me like cross between one of my all time favourite books (war for the oaks) and american gods. Except the writing isn't as good (maybe because its a teen book).” I found it awesome that in the “about the author” section, war for the oaks was actually mentioned.

The start of the book started off a bit slow, but I think that was trying to make a clear picture of what was going on. I could be biased though, I started it when I was extremely tired. If it was any slower I probably would have stopped. I'm so glad I didn't though. The second half of the book was great. I had fallen in love with the characters. I kept trying to find more and more time to finish the book.

Trying not to spoil the book at all. I really enjoyed having things I expected to happen not, while others did. It broke a lot of predictability for a book like this, but at the same time kept the excitement going.

It was a very short book, but very enjoyable.

I will be reading the next book.

Enjoyed it. Not as good as old mans war, but the characters were good, the format was interesting but still more engaging than normal short stories. I'm glad I waited for the entire package instead of trying to do them week to week.

I loved this book.

It actually reminds me a lot of Looking for Alaska.. but better.. and darker...

For a book written in 2012, its very odd to have a book written about 1986. At the same time, there is absolutely no way any of this story could be told in an sort of modern setting.

When I started the book last night, I almost skipped over it. I wasn't really in the mood for a love story. I'm so glad I didn't. It was an emotional rollar coaster, and was exactly what I needed.

Not to spoil anything, but I absolutely adore books and movies that leave the ending up to your own interpretation. Its explicit and vague at the same time. I really don't know how to explain it other than I've already come up with a couple possibilities of what the sentence could me. Its awesome.

I would highly recommend this book to others.

I enjoyed this book. I don't have a lot to say. It wasn't the best thing ever but i enjoyed the characters enough to want more.

And then my grandparents came to live with us :3

The book was not bad. It just lacked a lot. I really liked the overall mystery/thriller/horror premise, and quickly got through the first third of the book. I liked where it was going.

Sadly overall I didn't enjoy the book. I still liked the adventure, but I didn't get attached to any of the characters. I got lost a lot in the “his/her” of sentences, the overly verbose-ness of some of the minute details. I found myself skipping paragraphs then doubling back when I realized I had missed something.

Overall I wouldn't advise people away from the book, but I wouldn't go around recommending it either. I think it overall felt a bit forced.

I'll admit I listened to the audio book rather than read the book. Its not bad, and well put together, I just didn't like it. I had to push myself to get through the first half. And while th last quarter was really the best part of the book, the storylines didn't really reveal themselves till the mid point. Overall one to skip of his

First off, I really enjoyed it. It had flaws, but I had a lot of fun and enjoyment reading it.

It started off from seeing https://imgur.com/gallery/Px96DUq on imgur, I just loved the positive message from Neil Gaiman, and as a Urban Fantasy fan, especially YA writing, I just had to check it out.

Sure, the main two characters are super stereotype (Loner nerd, super hot kick ass women), and I'm glad I got past that, because while it was sorta explained away, the rest of it was really well done.

Overall the book flowed really well, I feel like it was a bit longer than most YA books I read, but I never felt like it was a slug to get to the next part.

My two real complaints
* A bunch of minor characters were introduced, I generally have trouble remembering who is who, and things like “Thomas did foo” made me really have to think “Thomas was who again”.
* The very end was the weakest part, it very much felt like a buildup for new books, instead of ending this one

I'm absolutely going to be checking out the new ones

This book started off kinda preachy. I've heard/watched some of doctorows google talks about the new signed bootloader / hardware stuff. I think he spoke way better at google.
I see now why it was done.

The book was great. I loved the characters, and the story.

If you are a fan of his other books, i'd highly recommend it.

It was special.

Took me forever to read. Mostly due to changing jobs and schedules, but also just because it took a lot of effort to digest. Was really expecting a Doctorow book, but it felt a lot more like stross.

I'm not really sure I processed most of it, especially really the very end.

One of the few times I should have read other reviews before trying out a book. When I read the sample, I got really excited. Neat new premise, interesting main character, etc.

Sadly that didn't hold through the book very well. I kept getting distracted by the amount of details on streets and areas of new york city. There was so much details. What route she rides to her work. Then detail after detail about brands, especially when it came down to the bike. Every brand name turned me off even more. There was a couple paragraphs on bike bags, gloves, shifters, etc, with all the best brand names to go with it. Very distracting. Found the paragraph where she goes shopping and specifically buys “feminine hygiene products” completely unnecessary. So many details there were never mentioned again. Seemed like fillers.

Generally liked the main character though, the concept of the story was awesome. I wanted it to be better, but I personally didn't enjoy it and found myself skipping entire pages of what i considered filler to move on.

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/05/book-review-extinction-point-by-paul-antony-jones/ seems to echo most of my concerns.
http://clsiewert.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/extinction-point-by-paul-antony-jones/ is even better example.

A well written simple enjoyable story. I can see why the author didn't want to do it in comic form, it would have taken forever and still probably not have done it justice.

I would say any fans of the CAD comic should probably read it, if for no other reason than to know what happened during the gap in comics.

I really want to see how the story turns out, but this was my least favorite of the entire series.

I flip flopped a lot on how great this book was. That is until the ending. The ending solidified it as a great book.

That being said, it needs more cinder!

Now I gotta wait a whole year for the next one :(

worth finishing though I found it a very slow start

I really enjoyed this book. Its kinda a re-telling of cinderella but with cyborgs and scifi. Its a really neat concept (and I personally never wanted to be a cyborg more, even though they are so hated).

I loved all the characters, they all had that right sort of believability.

I would highly recommend this to everyone. I had a very hard time stopping when I got to work.

I would say its by far the worst Cory Doctorow book i've read (and I've read a large number of them). It reads like an advertisement / fangasiming for all of his favorite things online. Lots of name dropping.

There are a large number of elements of the book I liked. I really want to build stuff, even tempted to try to get re-involved with the local hackerspace. I found the ending a bit disappointing.

I'm not sure I'd recommend it, but I don't regret reading it.

Enjoyed the 3rd book in the series. I've heard rumours that there might be more, I'm actually liking where this ended off, so I hope they don't.

That being said, I love the characters and the setting and would gladly keep reading more.

If it wasn't for Bobbie in the second book, this would have probably been my favourite one. So many awesome characters.

So the other day I remembered I was an adult who could just get scholastic books instead of waiting for book fairs so grabbed this one expecting a nice fun read with an autism twist. I'll admit I didn't fully read the synopsis.

Now the writing style was very targeted at kids, which I was happy about as that's what I like before bed, but wasn't expecting all the emotions, from the good to the bad. The beginning, aka the pre adventure triggered a lot of memories of childhood I forgot about, so I got frustrated but I'm glad I made it through, both on the learning about myself and the adventure part.

The adventure part was fun, I loved the narration from Paige. The self doubt. The anxiety. The fact that the world continued while Paige was thinking about other things. I found the end of the adventure a bit rushed, but still an enjoyable experience. I found the not so subtle digs at a billionaire and some companies so much fun.

I actually teared up post adventure when people realized they were not being heard and seen, and then in fact the being heard and seen explicitly.

I'd say overall a positive experience. Not the best thing I've ever read, but as an adult reading scholastic, I enjoyed it.