Then I would read the first part, skip to the part where she gets back to her science, and just accept that some weird shit happens in the middle that may be referred to at the end and that you may not get. If you do read it and decide to skip Weird Tahiti Interlude, I can direct you to the place near the end where it gets good again.
Both by Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon and The Rise and Fall of DODO. His other books we either both hate, are meh about, or I like but have advised her to give a miss based on what I know about her tastes.
DODO is *good*, though. I read it a few months ago and I've recommended it to at least 4 people so far. Stephenson has a co-author for this one, which makes a very clear difference to the quality.
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Date: 2018-09-18 04:18 am (UTC)Both by Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon and The Rise and Fall of DODO. His other books we either both hate, are meh about, or I like but have advised her to give a miss based on what I know about her tastes.
DODO is *good*, though. I read it a few months ago and I've recommended it to at least 4 people so far. Stephenson has a co-author for this one, which makes a very clear difference to the quality.