Weird Whale Candy: Luminarium by Mark Shaker (Novel) 5/5

My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Luminarium by Mark Shaker (Novel) 5/5

	A complicated novel jammed with so many ideas I felt pleasantly overwhelmed. Yet it's worth slowing down and trying to grapple with it all because even if it will strain your brain you can tell it is a good thing. I plan to add this to my read-again pile. It's the story of Fred, a computer programmer, who receives emails from his twin brother who happens to be in a coma. Mr. Shaker is a very strong writer deserving of the praise, one being the LA Times Book prize for fiction. Grade: A-

A complicated novel jammed with so many ideas I felt pleasantly overwhelmed. Yet it's worth slowing down and trying to grapple with it all because even if it will strain your brain you can tell it is a good thing. I plan to add this to my read-again pile. It's the story of Fred, a computer programmer, who receives emails from his twin brother who happens to be in a coma. Mr. Shaker is a very strong writer deserving of the praise, one being the LA Times Book prize for fiction. Grade: A-

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My Grading System

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Luminarium by Mark Shaker (Novel) 5/5

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