Books that I did not finish.

The Windup Girl

Love the world settings. Love the vibe. It even got a Hugo award! Unfortunately, the main story was just not interesting enough for me to keep up.

I’m not against picking it up again in the future tho.

Neuromancer

Heard this book for a long time, however, I DNF after the first few pages. The writer has zero story-telling skills. I’m no writer, but you tell a complex story by starting from one or few characters with some engaging but simple story as an entry point. What does Neuromancer do? Throwing you tons of characters and dialogues that you don’t even know if you should care about at the very start.

American Gods

A book I wanted to read for a long time, unfortunately, half way though the book, I still have no idea what the book was about. Ultimately I just dumped it.

Going Postal

I think my cultural background is just not strong enough for me to understand the references in the book. I can see there are lots of references and metaphors going on, but I just can’t recognize any of them.