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tomstbr's review
4.0
I have to admit, with this instalment I found myself firmly enthralled. Perhaps it's because everything is slowed down, things are laid out, and we get a more realistic picture of our protagonists. Cannot wait for the next in the series.
ivanssister's review
3.0
For some reason I was thinking this was going to be the final installment in the series. But now that I'm reading other reviews, and based on what happens (or doesn't happen) in this installment I think that's not right.
I enjoy Atwood's longer form better, because that way when I get sucked in, there's resolution. I don't do well with a serialized story, I don't think.
I enjoy Atwood's longer form better, because that way when I get sucked in, there's resolution. I don't do well with a serialized story, I don't think.
beentsy's review
4.0
I am so enjoying this series but I fear I am not built for reading books in a serial format. Delayed gratification is not my strong suit and I *really* want to know how it ends. Now!
chirson's review
3.0
A marked improvement over the previous section (it was much more substantial, both plot- and page-wise, I think).
tylertylertyler's review
5.0
While the third instalment of Positron is a lot slower, plot-wise, it does nothing to harm the series. In fact, it becomes emotionally charged in a way that the slow-burn of "Erase Me" brought to a boil. With a slightly different character focus, we get a less aggressive side of the story and see some very human writing.
In my own opinion, the best part so far of the series.
In my own opinion, the best part so far of the series.
sortabadass's review
4.0
Atwood slowed the pace waaay down in Erase Me, and the Positron series is better for it.
Plot-wise, not a ton happens in this single. The events that were discussed at the end of [b:Choke Collar|15980853|Choke Collar|Margaret Atwood|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1346541678s/15980853.jpg|21733179] came to pass.
What the series needed, and Erase Me provided, was the human element. Yes, Stan and Charmaine are still caricatures of people that are kind of horrible to one another, but now they have a bit of heart. Although they've betrayed one another both by choice and necessity, their failings are more relatable -- white-picket fence moral flaws.
I can't wait until [b:Moppet Shop|16080200|Moppet Shop|Margaret Atwood|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nocover/60x80.png|21878618] comes out.
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Looking back on his life, he sees himself spread out on the earth like a giant covered in tiny threads that have held him down. Tiny threads of petty ares and small concerns, and fears he took seriously at the time. Debts, timetables, the need for money, for comfort; the earworm of sex, repeating itself over and over like a neural feedback loop. He's been a puppet of his own constricted desires.
Plot-wise, not a ton happens in this single. The events that were discussed at the end of [b:Choke Collar|15980853|Choke Collar|Margaret Atwood|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1346541678s/15980853.jpg|21733179] came to pass.
What the series needed, and Erase Me provided, was the human element. Yes, Stan and Charmaine are still caricatures of people that are kind of horrible to one another, but now they have a bit of heart. Although they've betrayed one another both by choice and necessity, their failings are more relatable -- white-picket fence moral flaws.
I can't wait until [b:Moppet Shop|16080200|Moppet Shop|Margaret Atwood|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nocover/60x80.png|21878618] comes out.
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Looking back on his life, he sees himself spread out on the earth like a giant covered in tiny threads that have held him down. Tiny threads of petty ares and small concerns, and fears he took seriously at the time. Debts, timetables, the need for money, for comfort; the earworm of sex, repeating itself over and over like a neural feedback loop. He's been a puppet of his own constricted desires.