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What a phenomenal story. Getting to read this again and absorb the narrative knowing everything to come makes this story even more delightful. The power of human perception.

He wrote this in French but my head hurts in English

First hundred was great, second hundred was mess of connecting all the storylines together, but now I see the end in sight. Definetly going to be finish this very quickly. So sad I’m close to the end of the sprawl :(

An incredibly thorough read. A nice break from a lot of the math and science I have been drudging through. This book holds the curse of coming out just as we were taking our next big step (published 2021); however, I think it helped me understand the infrastructure and culture in place today that has caused the AI craze. I recommend it for those curious about the business rather than science.

Wow, my mind feels so big. I don’t know if I can agree with it all yet, but I respect it a whole hell of a lot. Giving me great perspective on life

Finally getting to modern day technique and model building. Great book, incredibly thorough, just very heady stuff. Christian’s voice is very strong and never feels too heady or superior. A great guide through the different models.

This book went from being an introduction to jumping in head first. Incredible still

Yeah wow… I’m floored. This book is insane… 1981 are you fucking kidding me?? Frank Herbert was such a remarkable genius.

We’re back into the dune universe and it’s SO GOOD. I’m glad I picked it up and also waited and so long. Frank Herbert is such a fascinating writer

Man this one was rough. Not for me. Took way too long to get through

Damn what a tragedy

Damn packing a punch already… crazy she can write all these stringing monologue with random characters you care about because of Annie baker’s dialogue. It’s crazy.

Thought this was going to be a dud but by the end Annie Baker makes you care so much about her characters.

One of the greatest pieces of human tragedy and triumph I’ve ever read. Inspiring and powerful. Read it if you haven’t.

I am so impressed how great historical writing is able to show you this horrifying blooming of the most despicable people and you can’t look away. It is so revealing to learn about so many different factors that lead up to and influenced the leaders of the Nazis. It’s especially shocking just how many party members Hitler cast to the side to ensure his full control.

I’m just thoroughly impressed by the writing and incredibly horrified by the private history. Well documented and well captured through the eyes of a child.

Wow I haven’t updated at all. I’ve really been taking my time with this book. Trying to savor it since it’ll be 10 years till the next book comes out. It’s so great so far. I’m at Day 5 in the journey and it’s picking up finally. Which is weird to say since it’s been so crazy, but it’s felt slow. The narrative is very spread out among different characters.

Ok ok!! Let the reread commence! ONE MORE BOOK TO GO! I’m gonna make it brando sando I swear!!

I’m back in it and loving every moment of this story Definetly don’t want to burn myself out on it too quickly

I’m determined to finish this soon. As soon as he got back to Apple it’s been thrilling to read history I know a bit better

It is so incredible how much is packed into this one volume. So excited how escalated this will become.

Stunning portrait so far. I knew next to nothing about this era of invention and technological revolution and Walter Isaacson creates a very interesting portrait of the time.

To be 100% honest, I should not have started with this book as my first Agatha Christie, but damn did that ending have my jarred driving home from work at 12:30am…

Holy cow... this book is nuts, like actually ridiculous. I don't know why I thought I wouldn't like a space opera. I'm so glad I brought this on vacation and actually devoured the shit out of this thing. so incredibly fun. Review incoming!

My word this book just gets better and better. Great vacation book. I’ve just been devouring this thing. The narrative just grows bigger and bigger and more terrifying.

grim DARK!! What a way to end this book. I mean it lagged at the end more than I'd like it to have, but after reading that ending it had to slow down a little.

What a brutal end to a novel and a superb setup for the final book. I can't wait to dive into the third book. Great time and Darrow suddenly becomes a deeper character. His faults are so clear to the reader, but unclear to him. Very interesting.

Ok so I got pissed at pierce brown. He didn’t do the cool thing. Not the big exciting thing I wanted him to do. However, like the fucking beast of an author he is he says “yeah yeah, I broke my promise, but what about this?” And then my jaw hit the floor.

Pierce Brown does it again. Such a great promise at the beginning of this book that has me hooked on to this book as well. Tearing through it so far and I can't wait to see where it goes.

I will say Darrow feels fairly out of place. There is little acknowledgment of just how much change he's been through to make him as he is. I'm going to tear through this too.

I can't remember the last time I wanted to swallow a book whole like this. It is so so good. Every time I sit down with this book I read two chapters minimum if not more. It does not slow down, nor would I want it to. I'm telling you already that I'm finishing the first trilogy in June probably or at least by the end of my vacation. I see why it's somewhat derivative, but it is so smart and dark. Love it.

Finally, I have picked up this book and I've torn through it in the last twenty-four hours. I was honestly a little hesitant to start this, but it is fast. Everyone told me getting into this that it is derivative of other dystopia, but this feels unique compared to other books of this era. Hunger games? Haven't read it in a while. Young adult dystopia in general? Nothing young adult about this world. I'm back.