Awesome

really enjoyed this book. a hopeful future! I recommend that you give it a go if you really like scifi

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Perfect.

One of the best books I've ever read. I listened to it months ago and came back to write this because it continues to resonate. Well researched with interesting characters that feel so real and human. Well read too with a group of readers.

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Brilliant setting, story not so much.

great idea for a setting, drowned New York, but I didn't think the story ever accumulated to much or really got resolved. it's probably how it's meant to be, but it didn't sit right with me. rather than all the story lines coming together, they head that way but then the book ends.

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Thoroughly recommended if you like you're speculative fiction

That KSR sure knows how to write a vivid book. Hats off to the brilliant voice cast too.

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Persistence required & rewarded

I have to admit that I almost gave up on this book during its extended and slow introductions to characters and scenarios. I also think that it can't be listened to continuously; time is required to reflect on those characters and their interactions as the stories progress.

However, persistence pays off, as those interactions and their complex natures are revealed. True, there is the odd, rather forced co-incidence and the occasional telegraphing of events, but the strength of the narrative allows these to be overlooked easily. The final chapter leaves the story open-ended; there is no happy conclusion, but somehow, it doesn't matter.

The ensemble performance is excellent.

I recommend this book to all, not just fans of science-fiction.

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great idea let down by too much waffling

a great idea for a book one of those stories that keeps you listening even though you know it's not actually going anywhere left me feeling that I had been very disappointed but how wonderful would it be if the main idea of the plot actually could work in real life

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Good, but too bloated to be great

It wasn't a bad book, by any means, but it was bloated with meandering side plots that didn't benefit the story, half baked characters and unnecessary and clunky chapters by 'the citizen' which I'm guessing was meant to provide context or something? To me it just broke the flow of the story.

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Really good fun

I read this after my mind was blown by ‘The Ministry For The Future’. 2140 is similar but definitely lighter in tone and, I think, weaker and less consequential for it. But it was gripping and the characters were fun once you get past some of their almost cartoonish failings. I really enjoyed this book but I doubt it will live in the memory as long as Ministry for the future.

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Fuc*ing marvelous - totally credible

Fuc*ing marvelous - totally credible (all I gotta say, though we are told "reviews must be 20 words or longer, sigh)

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Solid all round.

Another billrillant Kim Stanley Robinson book but with great narrators. Listening to it was a great experience

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