HybridxReality Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Sweet, I'll purchase the ebook in a couple days. Excited to start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffbloom Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I'm in. I never read but this will give me a reason to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I'll start tonight! Hope the books is as good as the cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Book is good so far. I'm to Ch 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladewillisisdead Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Finished chapter 1, not too stoked on it. Writing is mediocre and the plot is basic at best. Interesting enough of a concept that I'm gonna stick with it. Also, the ten bux I spent could have bought me two more drinks at the bar so I'm gonna read the whole thing no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafening Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Writing is mediocre and the plot is basic at best. Yup. I am hoping shit gets real weird real fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saint Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Well this is super cool. How am I just seeing this now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himynameisShane Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Well this is super cool. How am I just seeing this now? You've still got time! Join in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafening Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I finished this today. meeeeehhhhh Anti-climactic, predictable, and one of the safest books I've read in years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 I finished this today. I finished last week. Have to agree with you. It had potential, but it honest to goodness was a total mess, like it never had an editor, or was still an unfinished draft. Plot twists and such were generally unsatisfying. The writing style was fine - nothing too great, but not atrocious - but it could have used some more flair, character development, and most importantly, a more carefully thought out plot arc. Rather than thinking it was bad, I would have to say it's disappointing. For anyone who has been working through the first few chapters, any thoughts? What would be your soundtrack to the film version of this book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himynameisShane Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I've got through only 4 chapters, it's not really roping me in. Honestly having a hard time reading it. By that I just mean staying interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotfactory Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I finished last week. Have to agree with you. It had potential, but it honest to goodness was a total mess, like it never had an editor, or was still an unfinished draft. Plot twists and such were generally unsatisfying. The writing style was fine - nothing too great, but not atrocious - but it could have used some more flair, character development, and most importantly, a more carefully thought out plot arc. Rather than thinking it was bad, I would have to say it's disappointing. For anyone who has been working through the first few chapters, any thoughts? What would be your soundtrack to the film version of this book? Finished this today. I agree as well. Very mediocre book. I knew in the first few chapters I likely wasn't going to dig it, but I figured I would see it though. Not a horrible book by any means, but nothing that stands out. Very minimal character development, very predictable story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Anyone still reading? Feel free to share where you are in the book, whether you've finished, or abandoned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himynameisShane Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Not gonna lie. I got through 4-5 chapters and couldn't read anymore. Just wasn't for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapeebs Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I got through like 50 pages of this book and couldn't get into it. Tried so hard to like it, but just couldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 So I suppose we can call this a bit of a failure as a result of the book not being very good. I can heartily recommend a somewhat similar book (thematically) that I thought was far superior, and still one of the best books I've read in the last year (and I've read around 30-40 in that time). The book is called Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and it's about a travelling orchestra that walks from town to town in a post-apocalyptic world where a super-virus decimates almost all of the world's population; 20 years later, those that do survive manage to eke out life in small towns surviving from remnants of the world before it all changed. Much of the plot revolves around a few characters all somehow connected to a famous movie star who dies on stage in a Shakespeare performance in Toronto days before the virus wreaks its havoc. What I love about the book is that it doesn't feel like it's overwritten like a science fiction epic. In fact, it feels more like a very understated and delicate drama, with the post-apocalypse as the setting. Honestly, a great combination of haunting, beautiful, and terrific writing - highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Might want to go with more critically acclaimed stuff. It's a safer bet to read something with mostly 4/5 star reviews than anything lower. 'California' only had 3 stars on Amazon and even lower at B&N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Might want to go with more critically acclaimed stuff. It's a safer bet to read something with mostly 4/5 star reviews than anything lower. 'California' only had 3 stars on Amazon and even lower at B&N. Oh - I wasn't suggesting it as a book club book. Just recommending to those who may have been interested in the concept, but disappointed in the book as a whole. But even then, Station Eleven has some pretty good reviews: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20170404-station-eleven?ac=1&from_search=1&from_nav=true and http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/station-eleven-emily-st-john-mandel/1117737038?ean=9780804172448 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 That wasn't in response to your suggestion, just an idea for selections moving forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafening Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Any ideas for the next read? I picked up The Flood by David Sachs (4-star Amazon) and The Book of Paul by Richard Long (not so great reviews) for cheap recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I finished California a couple days ago and feel about it the same way most of you did. Predictable storyline/twists, barely fleshed-out/believable and even likeable characters and a very poor ending. Any ideas for the next read? I picked up The Flood by David Sachs (4-star Amazon) and The Book of Paul by Richard Long (not so great reviews) for cheap recently. Also picked up a bunch of cheap stuff this week that I'll throw in as suggestions:Cormac McCarthy. the road Peter Ackroyd. hawksmoor Sylvia Plath. the bell jar Osamu Dazai. the setting sun Haruki Murakami. colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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