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The Intuitionist
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Narrated by:
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Peter Jay Fernandez
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Written by:
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Colson Whitehead
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- Genevieve Paquette
- 2021-02-08
interesting concept
I'm going to have to read this again, some day. I listened to it, and I kind of just let the story wash over me/entertain me. The story, though, is pretty layered and intellectual, and I admittedly don't have the knowledge base needed to totally understand or appreciate everything. So yeah, I'll read it again at some point from a more academic standpoint, but...
As far as a mystery story goes, it is a weirdly entertaining tale that keeps you listening. The world building is solid and detailed, and despite it being an alternate universe, scathingly realistic.
The writing is enjoyable, evocative but not too flowery.
I liked it. I read it as part of an attempt to read through a list of "50 Essential Mystery Novels." Unlike some on the list, I definitely agree that this one should be on there.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-07-09
Totally original
A grand metaphor which is not direct enough to form a direct shape. It lets you intuit there are important things moving and taking shape like Platos cave paintings. Mystical Engineering and the politics of people, race, gender are all layers, and facades within a mystery. A dual between rationalism and intuition. Its and a deep study into a metaphor: mechanical travel of people up and down a city scape, rising and falling. By wim? By chance? By plan? A completely original story. Whitehead is up there with the worlds great living writers.
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