![]() ![]() But Harrison doesn’t make it easy for readers to like his novel. I actually, quite surprisingly, enjoyed this book. If I sound overly critical, however, I am not. Truth be told, this last sentence is something I could put in my every other review, so there’s that ). While ostensibly there is a story, even one in two timelines, it’s more of an allegory, burdened down with heavy symbolism and filled with characters who were created with an ulterior motive. ![]() ![]() One thing I can attest to, though, is that it has a great ending.Īpart from this, however, Harrison’s Light is an uneven concoction of seemingly disparate elements: effusive technobabble and slick, brutal cyberpunk cant go hand in hand with mysticism worthy of the best – or at least most murky – of the New Age prophets. It’s built like a card trick: a lengthy setup with a short, delightful payoff. If I were to characterize it in just a few words, I’d say it’s a prologue 300 pages long. Another review that I find hard to write but it must be said that it is an unusual book. ![]()
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