Allie
10/13/2018
Rainbows End is a slice-of-life story featuring a jerk protagonist in an interesting future world. I enjoyed exploring how ubiquitous connectivity affected people's lives, as well as seeing the clever things that can be accomplished with augmented reality. The main character, an abusive old man named Robert Gu, has a slight redemption character arc, but it was never enough to really make him likeable for me. I preferred reading about some of the side characters, such as his granddaughter and his classmates. There is a big, worldwide conspiracy involved here, but it's the little, local conspiracies that are the focus of the novel. This is not my favorite Vinge novel, but I did enjoy exploring its hypothetical future.
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