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Crux Nexus Arc Book 2 Ramez Naam ARGH! Oxford 9780857662965 Books

Mind, blown.

Exceedingly appropriate given the direction of this story.

I have had books one and two sitting in my queue since December 28, 2014. They were pushed back as projects came up or authors asked me to read their works. Finally, I had a moment to look at books which had been waiting for a while and I began book 1, Nexus.

I was devoured.

Immediately starting on this, the second as I finished the first, I began to wonder, would there be more? I filed a mental note that my review would start with the longing for more of this tale. As I finished book two today, my Kindle app kindly prompted me to purchase the third in what was now a trilogy! I shall be abed early this night.

To the story itself. So many real emotions initiated in the whorls of my brain. To say that I cared for the characters and story wouldn't do justice to how I felt.

The book runs the gamut of love, hope, wonder, excitement, fear, dread, terror, horror, helplessness, betrayal, determination. I could go on but I shan't blather you into boredom.

The concept is at once fascinating and frightening because we already see real world progress and trials on what is being covered here. Fascinating for what we could achieve, frightening for what could be done with it. One doesn't have to be familiar with the Star Trek Borg to see both sides of this weighty coin but it would help.

And the minds! Such beautiful, staggeringly bright and wondrous moments are richly described. The author is surely a genius.

Our protagonists are layered and complex, bright, wounded, jaded, programmed, oops, there I go again. My mind is reeling with the number of adjectives I could throw at these books.

I've already gone past my typically short (and usually but not always sweet) review so I shall end here by saying this will likely achieve a spot in my all-time favourite series.

Now I must rest my wrung out neurones and nodes.

Highly recommended.


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Crux Nexus Arc Book 2 Ramez Naam ARGH! Oxford 9780857662965 Books Reviews

This is one of the most imaginative sci-fi stories I have ever read, and yet it is very believable. The author's narrative is very readable and flows freely. His action scenes are exciting enough that I found I often had to take a break to calm down after reading an extended action scene. The science part of the the sci-fi is based upon accurate and current technology and it convincing enough to believe the expanded mind and the evolved human characters could actually be in our future. The basic premise of the story is based upon a drug, Nexus, which expands the human mind so much to allow mental communications human to human and human to computer network. The possibilities this unleashes, both good and bad, are as extreme as you might imagine and the issues that are inherent in the story line reflect many of the issues current in our society today drugs, corporate greed, government controls and over reach, religion, racial prejudice, etc. and yet they are woven masterfully and subtly into the plot. Mr. Naam's story telling skills are very impressive! I have also read and enjoyed the sequel, "Nexus", and plan to acquire the third and final volume, "Apex".
The internet is already filled with many many accurate reviews of this book, so I’ll just quickly add my own two cents

I loved the action scenes because they are numerous, well paced and visceral.

I loved reading about the plot, its fun twists and turns, though, upon further reflection, it was nothing mind-blowing, and sometimes Naam telegraphs plots twists something fierce.

Speaking of the plot, Crux pulls on every action movie cliche imaginable.

I loved the use and growth of Nexus 5, and I want to read more books by Naam that explore further the benefits and evils of the technology.

I loved the characters, despite the fact that they were all quite two dimensional.

Mustache twirling, James Bond-esque villains, but still fun.

I love books with short chapters. It doesn’t matter how long the book is, if it comes in tiny chapters, I will plow through it.

The heavy dose of modern-day politics was irritating, though, I suppose it’s nearly impossible to write a near future thriller without it, so, I’ll overlook this one.

Way too many scenes take place in a club - seriously, there’s more to Asia than it’s bass-thumping nightlife.

Way too much sex - which is saying a lot coming from a guy. Because the main premise of Nexus is being able to see into others’ minds, every time a main character walks into a club, the reader is given a detailed tour of the sex fantasies going on inside other patrons’ heads (or sometimes just on the floor). Sex, sex, sex, sex. Next page, more sex. Please, move on!

Finally, Naam needs to broaden his writing horizons because at the moment his entire written world can neatly fit into one of several categories politicians, government agents, scientists, terrorists, sex-addicted party go-ers, or monks. In a book that stretches to 600 pages (not counting the 500 pages from the previous book), I need a bit more diversity in character and locale. Yup, that about sums up every single character and scene in Crux.

Also, I know you’re tossing around a lot of Global Warming-isms, fine, but Namm, really? Most convenient hurricane ever. Just sayin’.

Anywho, I love these books and will soon be reading book three. Ramez Naam, keep writing!
Mind, blown.

Exceedingly appropriate given the direction of this story.

I have had books one and two sitting in my queue since December 28, 2014. They were pushed back as projects came up or authors asked me to read their works. Finally, I had a moment to look at books which had been waiting for a while and I began book 1, Nexus.

I was devoured.

Immediately starting on this, the second as I finished the first, I began to wonder, would there be more? I filed a mental note that my review would start with the longing for more of this tale. As I finished book two today, my app kindly prompted me to purchase the third in what was now a trilogy! I shall be abed early this night.

To the story itself. So many real emotions initiated in the whorls of my brain. To say that I cared for the characters and story wouldn't do justice to how I felt.

The book runs the gamut of love, hope, wonder, excitement, fear, dread, terror, horror, helplessness, betrayal, determination. I could go on but I shan't blather you into boredom.

The concept is at once fascinating and frightening because we already see real world progress and trials on what is being covered here. Fascinating for what we could achieve, frightening for what could be done with it. One doesn't have to be familiar with the Star Trek Borg to see both sides of this weighty coin but it would help.

And the minds! Such beautiful, staggeringly bright and wondrous moments are richly described. The author is surely a genius.

Our protagonists are layered and complex, bright, wounded, jaded, programmed, oops, there I go again. My mind is reeling with the number of adjectives I could throw at these books.

I've already gone past my typically short (and usually but not always sweet) review so I shall end here by saying this will likely achieve a spot in my all-time favourite series.

Now I must rest my wrung out neurones and nodes.

Highly recommended.