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I'm always weary of books that are enveloped in critical praise. The more "this book is soooooooo AWESOME!" I see the more I expect it to be just the opposite. Every book I have ever read so far who's visual appeal (first impressions being most important, right?) was the draw to the 5,000 positive reviews on the front and back covers, sucked.
This book didn't change that. While I wouldn't say, "it sucked" I would say that after having just finishing it, I sort of shrugged my shoulders and went, "meh".
I'd read a review long ago where someone described a book as, "more a movie script than anything".
This book is another perfect example of that. I couldn't help but imagine who would play each character and what mannerisms each would choose to give life to what would probably end up being rather bland characterization.
Though the book wasn't for me it IS for some. If you liked the Davinci Code you'll love this one. Basically plug in, "words as power" where ancient artifacts would be and you have the same premise.
I don't think I'd urge anyone to read it.


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Lexicon Max Barry 9781594205385 Books Reviews

Interesting on a number of levels, particularly for lay-people interested in linguistics, neural networking, philosophy, and cognition. This novel seems to draw in part from Stevenson's Babbleship in SnowCrash, since both stories examine the power of words by hearkening back to historical stories of mind control and 'spells'. The paradigm Barry chooses for Lexicon falls somewhere between fantasy and science fiction. The story starts out fast-paced like a thriller with great wit and brusque dialogue, but falls a little flat towards the end (almost as if the author got tired of the characters and made them do stupid things just so he could wrap up the plot). Well worth a summer read (as the nytimes suggested when it cam out) but he needed a tighter editor.
I actually liked this book much more than my rating indicates. In this era of post-apocalyptic fiction (and pre-apocalyptic non-fiction in Washington D.C.), the theory & plot behind this novel was very original as well as educational. I looked up and learned more from this book than any I have read in recent history. Only one problem & I don't know if this is the problem of the or the problem of an editor - there was a huge amount of typos (errors) in the text of this novel or version of it. For this reason alone, I have not added the 5th star to the rating. I would be curious to know if someone who read the print copy of this book found the same problem.
When I decided to read the novel, I was definitely intrigued by the premise - this was a thriller in which words were the weapons. I wasn't familiar with the author, so I had no expectations. I really enjoyed the narrative structure and tempo. The storylines and the shifts in point of view managed to keep me engaged and curious as to how the two would converge. The only thing I would have liked to see a little better developed was the notion of the "bareword" and what if anything could be its antidote. The author was excellent in his choice of the Poets featured in the book. Overall, a fun read with a lot of food for thought.
In an undetermined future, a secret sect has discovered that people can be segmented into character types and that each group has some mysterious words that render them helpless. Emily, a street waif, is recruited for the rigorous training program that will teach her the secrets of words -- and thus grant to her great power. But she has a rebellious streak and is continually bucking the system.

It took a long time for the plot of this book to come into focus and it required great patience of the reader. We begin with a mysterious and violent incident in an airport. A man is rescued from an indeterminate threat and is on the run with another man. They are chased by helicopters and planes and unknown assassins for reasons we don't understand. Then the plot switches to the aforementioned Emily and we're back in "wizard school" (familiar territory from many other such books) as she tries to make sense of the discipline she is trying to master.

Then we're in Australia at the scene of a devastating environmental disaster. How did it happen and why?

Eventually it all links up and makes sense. There are some words so powerful, we're told, that they can destroy entire civilizations. The sinister Yeats, head of the "poets" sect who understand the power of words, is trying to get his hands on the all-powerful word that has appeared in the Australian outback. This will make him godlike. He is manipulating Emily to do his bidding. But Emily has fallen in love.

There's a lot of nasty violence in this book and not a great deal of character development. The nearest thing to a character we can empathize with is Emily - but she's not drawn with any nuance or depth. The plot, absurd as it is, drives the book. If I could give this book two and a half stars instead of either two or three I would. I got through it, but I can't say it was tremendously enjoyable.
I'm always weary of books that are enveloped in critical praise. The more "this book is soooooooo AWESOME!" I see the more I expect it to be just the opposite. Every book I have ever read so far who's visual appeal (first impressions being most important, right?) was the draw to the 5,000 positive reviews on the front and back covers, sucked.
This book didn't change that. While I wouldn't say, "it sucked" I would say that after having just finishing it, I sort of shrugged my shoulders and went, "meh".
I'd read a review long ago where someone described a book as, "more a movie script than anything".
This book is another perfect example of that. I couldn't help but imagine who would play each character and what mannerisms each would choose to give life to what would probably end up being rather bland characterization.
Though the book wasn't for me it IS for some. If you liked the Davinci Code you'll love this one. Basically plug in, "words as power" where ancient artifacts would be and you have the same premise.
I don't think I'd urge anyone to read it.