Side Life

This book had amazing potential but instead left the readers high and dry. The concept is thought provoking and intensely interesting however. Vin is a tech guy that is ultimately ousted from his company that he built. In his time of despair his dad introduces him to a man named Joaquin who later pre......more

Middle class straight guys fucks up his life forever because he's not happy with how everything is basically fine.......more

I had real mixed feelings about this book. I liked the beginning a lot. At one point I couldn't put it down but round about the half way part I thought it was a mess. 2/3 of the way through, it was readable again. Towards the end I thought it had one of the most unlikable endings. Spoiler: The book i......more

This is a brilliant and complicated portrayal of the kind of idea that doesn't work well in our rational brains -- where everything needs meaning and explanation and "outcome." At its heart, this beautiful and carefully crafted novel is a kind of exploration of the idea of storytelling, itself. What......more

Thank you Daniel for the recommendation. For lovers of Blake Crouch, this one is in that vein. I would call it an extended family member of Recursion. Where I felt Recursion was a masterwork of the style, a true professional, I would consider Side Life the rec-team version. A bit all over the place,......more