4thace reviewed When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow
Review of 'When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I listened to this out of curiosity when I saw someone in the tech community recommend it as supplemental reading for Ops people. The story didn't really speak to me all that much, with characters who were just a little too cartoony and arguments over conflicts I couldn't bring myself to care that much about. There isn't much action and the character scenes felt like they were done by the numbers, not truly felt. People complain about some of the plot points which seem farfetched , which I don't disagree with, though I think part of it is just the way he introduces them without suggesting that there might be a reasonable basis. I think it could have used an editorial shakedown to clean up these annoyances, and to boost up its strengths which I think come at the very end when the main character muses about what the point …
I listened to this out of curiosity when I saw someone in the tech community recommend it as supplemental reading for Ops people. The story didn't really speak to me all that much, with characters who were just a little too cartoony and arguments over conflicts I couldn't bring myself to care that much about. There isn't much action and the character scenes felt like they were done by the numbers, not truly felt. People complain about some of the plot points which seem farfetched , which I don't disagree with, though I think part of it is just the way he introduces them without suggesting that there might be a reasonable basis. I think it could have used an editorial shakedown to clean up these annoyances, and to boost up its strengths which I think come at the very end when the main character muses about what the point of civilization is.