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Buddy Reads > IBR - Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson

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Ashley Basile (smashreads) | 5793 comments Mod


Members Starting the BR: Jenny and Sammy
Challenge: Puzzle Box Posse and the Toys Round-Up
Book: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson

Anyone is free to join in this Buddy Read! Happy Reading!


message 2: by Sammy (last edited Sep 07, 2025 08:56AM) (new) - rated it 4 stars

Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 3955 comments And done! Really enjoyed my re-read. I think saskia is a great MC, and I really like her daughter Lotte too.

I just wish Eduardo ballerini was better at accents... In this book alone I discovered he can't do Dutch, Scottish, Indian or Australian 😆


Jenny | 2248 comments Yeah, but he can do a Texan accent pretty well.
teehee

I just started the reread yesterday, and plan to get most of it if not all finished today. I agree about Saskia. I just love the opening scene with the plane landing amidst the unexpected wildlife. Definitely sets the tone for the book.


Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 3955 comments I also find her conversation with her daughter about getting "vitamin D" amusing.

The Dutch are some much less puritanical than other countries. When we moved back to the UK, I had to seriously dial back the kind of stuff I would have said, because the Dutch are so much more forward and the British can't handle that 😆


Catherine (royaltiescmb) | 536 comments Ooh I may join this read


Jenny | 2248 comments By all means!


Catherine (royaltiescmb) | 536 comments ok, ok I am gonna start this chunker so I can use and finish before the end of the month, but just know I am a bit over Sci-Fi books at the moment 🤯


Catherine (royaltiescmb) | 536 comments Hehe I went from spiders to more animals in this book.


Sammy (sammystarbuck) | 3955 comments Yeah, but animals are definitely not the main focus of this one. 😉


Catherine (royaltiescmb) | 536 comments So true. My first thought/feelings of the book gave me National Geographic episode vibes. Also definitely written during Covid times🤯


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