kadambi
7/11/2011
Well, this simply is not as great as a book as it is made out to be. Probably a bit dated.
It starts off in a very disjointed fashion. As it is spread over a long time, the story line keeps shifting with the protagonist being the (weak) link. Toward the middle the book takes a very pessimistic turn about the future of humanity. It was off putting.
The only good part of the book was the last 40 pages, which kept me engrossed. The book ends in a monumentally soppy fashion, straight out of a Hollywood love story! Eerily, I liked it as it was the only human element in an otherwise mechanical and monotonous book.