Jonathan Mills Mills itibaren Underwood, WA 98651, Verenigde Staten itibaren Underwood, WA 98651, Verenigde Staten

Pretty disappointing. I bought the book based on Robinson's excellent speech at a TED conference- link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE5... - but he's just not that good a writer. He covers a lot of ground in his attempt to explore creativity in business, education, etc...but he takes on a lot more than he can explain well. After every chapter, I had tons of questions about angles that he never covered, like the economic utility of his ideas and the links between his thoughts and modern brain science. Whereas he was able to gloss over these issues in his speech, with his sense of humor and quick pace, his sluggish writing style brought them to the forefront.

Considering I'm not much of a fantasy/mythical enthusiast, this book was pretty good. It again (seems like a lot lately) took me a while to get into: at least the first 100 pages. Once into the novel, I did want to finish and know just how the magic worked and how the myths played out being true for this world. I truly enjoyed the ending, how the author wrapped up the dire circumstances. I will definitely be reading the second book in the series.