Overall Rating and Opinion of "Superhighway"
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Overall Rating and Opinion of "Superhighway"
What is your overall opinion of "Superhighway"? What do you like most about it? What do you like least? Will you recommend the book to other people? Why or why not? Please remember to add your actual rating using the book's page on bookshelves.
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I kept going because I was interested in the concept and also how he got the ability to digitally travel because of what happened to his father. However, I can understand how you got stuck and had no desire to finish it. Outside of what I mentioned, the book does bog down in a lot of unnecessary detail. For example, I got tired of the number of times he gave an entire list of what he ate during a meal. I hope these problems are a symptom that this is the first book of a trilogy and that the plot points I found interesting will be expanded in the second book.kandscreeley wrote:I'm more interested to see what other's thought about this book. It's an interesting concept, but I got stuck about halfway through. I'm literally at about 50%, and I just don't have much of a desire to finish. It's not bad; I guess it just didn't capture my attention.
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I think that was definitely part of it. Too much detail. I also think, for me, I had trouble identifying with Alex. If I can't identify with a character and he's the narrator, that doesn't really make me want to continue.Spirit Wandering wrote:I kept going because I was interested in the concept and also how he got the ability to digitally travel because of what happened to his father. However, I can understand how you got stuck and had no desire to finish it. Outside of what I mentioned, the book does bog down in a lot of unnecessary detail. For example, I got tired of the number of times he gave an entire list of what he ate during a meal. I hope these problems are a symptom that this is the first book of a trilogy and that the plot points I found interesting will be expanded in the second book.kandscreeley wrote:I'm more interested to see what other's thought about this book. It's an interesting concept, but I got stuck about halfway through. I'm literally at about 50%, and I just don't have much of a desire to finish. It's not bad; I guess it just didn't capture my attention.
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I don't think one should rate a book he didn't read based on the sample.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:Honestly, I just read the sample pages of this book. With the customers' positive comments, I believe it is safe to rate it 4 out of 4 stars because I also find the sample pages perfect.
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I too only read the sample pages. The first chapter was a bit hard for me to follow. It was easier after that. The author definitely has a way with bringing words to life but this isn't the typical genre I read. I was surprised about a couple of spelling and punctuation errors, especially considering the author's mastery of language. I'm interested in finishing the book based on how well I liked the sample. It is a very creative story.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:Honestly, I just read the sample pages of this book. With the customers' positive comments, I believe it is safe to rate it 4 out of 4 stars because I also find the sample pages perfect.
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I agree digital time travel is an amazingly interesting concept. I only read the sample though. I'm interested in finishing the book but I'm curious about why you lost the desire to finish it. Is the sample much better than the following chapters?kandscreeley wrote:I'm more interested to see what other's thought about this book. It's an interesting concept, but I got stuck about halfway through. I'm literally at about 50%, and I just don't have much of a desire to finish. It's not bad; I guess it just didn't capture my attention.
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My favorite part was learning about Alex's childhood. My least favorite was what I mentioned above. In general, I wasn't a fan of this read and I don't see myself continuing the series.
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I agree with gali. Samples of books are not real indicators of how books turn out overall.gali wrote:I don't think one should rate a book he didn't read based on the sample.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:Honestly, I just read the sample pages of this book. With the customers' positive comments, I believe it is safe to rate it 4 out of 4 stars because I also find the sample pages perfect.
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I agree with you that first part was a bit repetitive. The second part was better.kandscreeley wrote:I guess it just seemed to repetitive to me among other things. After I read about half of the book of the same cycle over and over, I thought how much more can I read of the same cycle? I don't know... To each his own.
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