Kalle Kniivilä reviewed Gnomon by Nick Harkaway
Fascinating and confusing
3 stars
Fascinating, but a bit confusing, and some parts were so tedious I had to skip them. I'm not quite sure now what actually happened, but I suppose that's the idea.
Nick Harkaway: Gnomon (2017, Penguin Random House)
608 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2017 by Penguin Random House.
Fascinating, but a bit confusing, and some parts were so tedious I had to skip them. I'm not quite sure now what actually happened, but I suppose that's the idea.
It took me quite some time to read this book, but I really liked it. I wasn't expecting the final revelation, and I'll have to read it a couple of times more in order to link all the references and ideas expressed in the different narratives of the book.
The whole reflexion on surveillance society is also very interesting and timely.