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A review by ingo_lembcke
Blackout. Morgen ist es zu spät by Marc Elsberg
4.0
Started July 15th, 2013 just after finishing [b:Homeland|12917338|Homeland|Cory Doctorow|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1340259004s/12917338.jpg|18072409] .
As I am living in the EU - Germany - Hamburg, German is my first language and I am reading this in German, so far there is no english translation, imho.
Long. A bit too long.
Very good scenes and good main characters, the IT-technology is also while simplified spot on - there where no obvious errors in the computer scenes and it was very real for me.
One scene - a very horrifying one - felt familiar, that was explained in the afterword, that was based on a NYT article/series.
Must read, strongly recommended.
So why only 4 stars?
Too long and the twist in the end was not fully solved, could be a hint for a sequel, but then it is not enough material there for a sequel.
If this is translated, be sure to pick it up, as a warning for putting every device incl. smart-meters on the internet.
If it is filmed be sure to see the film.
As I am living in the EU - Germany - Hamburg, German is my first language and I am reading this in German, so far there is no english translation, imho.
Long. A bit too long.
Very good scenes and good main characters, the IT-technology is also while simplified spot on - there where no obvious errors in the computer scenes and it was very real for me.
One scene - a very horrifying one - felt familiar, that was explained in the afterword, that was based on a NYT article/series.
Must read, strongly recommended.
So why only 4 stars?
Too long and the twist in the end was not fully solved, could be a hint for a sequel, but then it is not enough material there for a sequel.
If this is translated, be sure to pick it up, as a warning for putting every device incl. smart-meters on the internet.
If it is filmed be sure to see the film.