L.P. Randazz

Fascinating premise presented at a page-turning pace.

Exposition on the theory of language and communication put some science into the fiction. Short chapters ending on cliffhangers move the story forward and keep the reader engaged. A romantic sub-plots felt a distraction to a largely technical mystery thriller. After a delightfully intense drama of sleuthing and survival, the introduction of a MacGuffin character led to an unsatisfying conclusion.

On the whole, a thoroughly enjoyable read.… (mehr)

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Entropy by L.P. Randazz. Once I picked it up, reading it was the only thing I did until I was done -- it kept me reading long past when I should have gone to bed.

Entropy was the perfect next book for me after finishing Liu Cixin's book The Three Body Problem. Both authors did a great job balancing actual knowledge with imaginary knowledge. It's a fun position for a reader to be in: not knowing how much is truth and fact and how much is invented. Early religion and the development of written language are fundamental to Entropy, and even though I have no background in either, the story was so well written that I followed the premises and enjoyed the mysteries underlying the story. Similar to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code -- L.P. Randazz took a strange, arcane topic and built a compelling comtemporary narrative around it.

It's suspenseful with great pacing, it is realistically apocalyptic, and the heroine survives lots of grief and loss -- but the story is ultimately optimistic with some nice twists at the end. Highly recommend -- would read again.… (mehr)