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Cory Doctorow, Cory Doctorow: Walkaway (2017, Tor Books) 4 stars

Walkaway is a 2017 science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow, published by Head of Zeus …

Great ideas, not so great story

4 stars

Started out great, engaging with big ideas. Very relevant topics were raised and weaved into a futuristic world - technology, unemployment, greed, capitalism, meritocricity, abundance, diversity, post-humanism. However, it got harder to read somewhere along the way. The plot was poor and the storytelling disjointed and longwinded, with too much going on. I also couldn't really identify with any of the characters.

@Tania This was his most disappointing book, IMHO. The characters were whatever. The plot was meh. And the jargon ... was awful. Painful. I can't imagine how his publisher thought this was ready for the market. I was so disappointed, especially since I bought it at a book signing and talk by Doctorow, which was fabulous. I dislike this book so much that I gave it away.