Spin Book Reviews

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Pretty good read.. Interesting story about a hopeful-yet-scary future of the world were we can persist in spite of human nature.

Very good, but no Hyperion.. I read the Hyperion series before this. It didn't stand a chance.

Great idea, mediocre character development.. I had a difficult time rating this, because the ideas behind the world were beautiful and brilliant, but the writing quality wasn't able to back it up. The book describes our world as encased in a time differential, with millions of years passing outside of earth's orbit for every one year on earth. This allows experiments and explorations to be performed that were otherwise inconceivable. This part gets five stars. Character development however is atrocious. One dimensional characters with poorly defined or absent motives plow randomly through a plot line that outside of the science behind it could have been described in a paragraph. The author uses time shifting to try to hide the fact that the narrative can't stand by itself if presented in a linear fashion. Female characters have even less development, in a world where apparently they can only be nurses, failed religious zealots, or alcoholics. The men are driven logical creatures, and the women are ruled by emotion, becoming alcoholics, failing at relationships, or sleeping around for information. As poorly developed as the male characters are, the female characters might as well have been written out completely. It's a ridiculous amount of misogyny for a book written in the twenty-first century. Overall, it's an interesting read, but the bright spots were centered on a few small descriptions of the science involved, and sadly, one might enjoy the plot summary on Wikipedia more then the book itself. With a different author, character arcs, and an actual plot, this might have been a great book. I will not be reading the sequel.

Best Book I've Read in Years. Blew me away.

Very enjoyable. There are some very interesting concepts here, ones that I've never heard imagined in any other science fiction book. I was most engaged when the story focused on what was happening in the bigger picture of our solar system and less so when it focused on the relationship nuances between the main characters. Sometimes, it seemed like their dialogue was somewhat trivial and verbose. But all in all, a very good book that I would recommend.

SPIN Theory.... Compelling and emotional

100 Words or Less. Really really great idea. The concept is interesting, surprising, and so well handled. As with all Earth-shattering events, the details make or break the story. Here, Wilson does an amazing job to make it personal. The three main characters have depth and space to breathe. The plot throws in some cool surprises. But most of all, this is a novel that makes you think. It makes you actually curious about how it will resolve. Overall, it comes together almost perfectly at the end, satisfying and beautifully written, while throwing in some juicy stuff for the science geeks.

Creative and imaginary.. I love science fiction and this was my favorite of all science fiction stories I've read so far. The style of writing was imaginative, creative, and vivid. This is the first book I've read by this author but not my last. I'm looking forward to the next one. I loved it.

Awesome.... ...literally. Some of the biggest ideas ever seen in print are in this book!

WOW!. I loved 'Spin'! So well written, with relatable characters and frighteningly plausible premise, insightful, clever, funny... All the things a good read should have.

Great ideas. Boring characters.. Loved the way the technical details were explained. I finished the book a week ago and I can’t name one of the protagonists.

So so.... Although the premise of the novel was interesting - Earth surrounded by some sort of barrier - this story took forever to develop. Precious little action, characters that seem rather one-dimensional, and a rather mundane climax. There didn't seem to be much of a crisis here - everything just sort of "ho hum." Don't imagine that I will be reading the sequel.

The Best!. One of the best SciFi books I've ever read!

Not bad for sci fi. Hope this does not double post. Downloaded because on iTunes essentials list! but so was Enders Game, but downloaded it anyway. Good pacing for a sci fi book if not a bit over indulgent. Interesting pay off. Book read better once I learned I could skip every, yes every, part where Tyler interacts with a woman. The Diane relationship was beaten to death, propped up, and beaten again. The significance of the betrayal at YoYoDyne was never explained. Martian was a throw-away. Wasted opportunity. Still, a good read for a science fiction story.

Wow!. I recently read stephen kings the dome. While king focused on the characters and the downfall of society, this book focused more on the science side and ended with much less blood. I really enjoyed looking up fact vs fiction (thank you google). I will be downloading more by this author.

Excellent. A well written and very intriguing book and story. Well written and defined characters, interesting and fascinating plot to keep you hooked on to the next chapter(s). The medical synopsis and verbose were quite impressively accurate in vernacular and meaning. The physics was well thought out and displayed a good sense of reality if there is such.. Overall a must read.

....wow.. I have never read or imagined anything like this. It is huge in its scope with ideas and visuals that will literally blow your mind. I've read all three in this series and by far Spin is by far the best. I feel I must say this isn't a light read. It will make you think and feel and will haunt you when you're not reading it. At least it did for me. Loved every page of it.

Genius.. A fantastic sci-fi premise navigated with grace and feeling. Even if you aren't a die-hard sci-fi fan, the complexity of the relationships at the core of the story carry you easily across the eons it somehow spans. By the end of the book, I found myself wondering which was the greater creative achievement: unraveling the puzzle that underlies the tale, or the fact that its unraveling is so natural, processed through the eyes of its many unforgettable characters.

Terrific book. Probably the best sci-fi novel I've read since Carl Sagan's Contact.

What a wonderful surprise of a book. The book is a slow read, as some reviewers have said. It's detailed in the right ways and spends time to describe the world and the relationships. But it's a page-turner as well, and that was the greatest surprise. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Spin. I wanted to like this book, afterall, I committed to 17 hours of my life to listen to it and $30.00. Big idea of a mysterious power that is able to encapsulate the entire earth seemed pretty cool but slow moving, excruciatingly painful details that do nothing to promote the larger idea. but the worst is the major disappointment of a very weak, nothing ending that does nothing to explain or introduce the mystery of who or what was actually able to make the big idea happen. I actually listed to the last chaper twice to see if I missed something but there was nothing to miss. I felt I wasted 17 hours. I've listened to so many good books and SF books but maybe you will feel differently but I can't recommend it.

Best Book I've read in a long time.. I just finished it after 2 days of furious secret reading at my desk at work and up all night at home. It reminded me a bit of The Great Gatsby with a little bit of The Forever War thrown in and a little of KSR's Mars Trilogy. Just read it. Buy it an read it. It won the Hugo Award. Just read it. Your welcome.

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Out of the box .... and intriguing.

Great book. I loved the pace of the story. One of the great books i have read in this decade.