Sunday, December 6, 2015
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
Cayce Pollard is an expensive, spookily intuitive market-research consultant. In London on a job, she is offered a secret assignment: to investigate some intriguing snippets of video that have been appearing on the Internet. An entire subculture of people is obsessed with these bits of footage, and anybody who can create that kind of brand loyalty would be a gold mine for Cayce's client. But when her borrowed apartment is burgled and her computer hacked, she realizes there's more to this project than she had expected.
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This book is really cool, really dark, but really cool. Set in the modern time period, I find this very relatable to us millenials, and it's interesting to read about something that has direct relevance to our world. The writing style is unlike any I have experience, it is hard to explain. When I first started reading it, I was unsure of some of the content because it was difficult to discern the style. But now, after reading several chapters, I get it, and have found that it can convey a much larger depth of information than traditional styles.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, is it harder to understand? would you reccommend this book?
DeleteWhat types of readers would you recommend this to? And why?
ReplyDeleteWhen you say modern do you mean technology wise or something else? Also who so far into the book is your favorite character and why?
ReplyDeletePattern Recognition is definitely aimed at the adult audience, there are aspects of it that simply should not be read by younger audiences. However, if all elders are in favor, this is a great book if you want to learn some new vocabulary. The freaky, cyber aspect of the book is really interesting to me. Also, The sheer amount of description that the writer uses and that the character feels is really appealing the those of us who enjoy immersion. I find the main character's thought process very similar to my own, constantly assessing and intuiting.
ReplyDeletewhat type of reader would you recommend this to.
ReplyDeleteRead the previous comment.
DeleteMolly - Yeah, technology. It's 21st century fiction.
ReplyDeleteAri - It was at first very hard to understand, the excessive use of fragments to detail the character's insane intuition was very off-putting and confusing. Now, however, I would not want her described any other way. It brilliantly details the often disconnected mind of someone is constantly observing and analyzing their surroundings.
This book sounds good, would you say that the better part of this book is the characters, or the story?
ReplyDeleteIs this a book where you have a dictionary in one hand and this book in another, or are do you know all the words since you were talking about vocabulary?
ReplyDeleteMolly - I have had to utilize a dictionary for many words in this book, great resource for weekly spelling and vocab tests.
ReplyDeleteAri - Most of the content in this book so far has been the character(s), they are quite in depth and well developed, and make for some interesting interrelationships.
Molly - I have had to utilize a dictionary for many words in this book, great resource for weekly spelling and vocab tests.
ReplyDeleteAri - Most of the content in this book so far has been the character(s), they are quite in depth and well developed, and make for some interesting interrelationships.
Molly - I have had to utilize a dictionary for many words in this book, great resource for weekly spelling and vocab tests.
ReplyDeleteAri - Most of the content in this book so far has been the character(s), they are quite in depth and well developed, and make for some interesting interrelationships.