Eric's Reviews > Exadelic

There are a lot of interesting ideas in here — too many, probably — but in my opinion Evans struggles to make it all fit together. Those ideas take priority over plotting and character development, unfortunately, and while the protagonist mostly works he’s also not immensely likable. There are also a few bits that feel at least a little like someone’s kink is showing — for example, probably skip if you dislike the idea of characters being tortured by hypersadists.

A few oversimplifications:

- If you’ve ever felt that Neal Stephenson needed to wrap shit up and get to the point, this is absolutely not going to be your jam.

- If you liked The Laundry Files but wished it had more quantum computing and sentient ai, you’re in the right place. (Oh, and crypto pops up a few times, although I’m _fairly_ sure it’s the butt of the joke when it does.)

I stuck with it to the end, mostly for the sheer quantity of weird it offers.