City at the End of Time Audiobook

" Painfully difficult to finish. I'm a fan of Bear's other work like the Darwin's children series. The structure of the story made it really hard to keep going... "

" A hard novel to read and enjoy. Also quite long, so better read in long sessions otherwise the plot and characters can get mixed up. Story about twisted time lines as the world as we know it comes to an end. Ginny and Jack are able to jump from line to line, but as the end approaches, they find that the number of strands become less and less. They are also mirrored by creatures in another world who are themselves/parts of themselves. Frankly, a bit metaphysical for me. "

" Oh dear lord, this was horribly long, confusing and boring. Worst of all, he took a promising premise and created impenetrable mythology and made up ridiculous new "laws" of physics that were never explained or even contextualized. What the hell just happened?? "

" Not Greg Bear's best book but one which successfully weaves superstring theory and chaos math into a compelling, fantastical narrative. Wider leaps leaps in credibility than his previous works like Forge of God/Anvil of Stars or Eon/Eternity although it's nice to see a hard sci-fi writer run with his far-fetched ideas. This actually reminded me more of his early fantasy books (Infinity Concerto/Serpent Mage). "

" Sci fi usually isn't good literature, still, a few good ideas introduced but squandered. "

" To all the people who gave this book bad reviews...it's called using your imagination people!!!!!!!! This is a definite buy for me. Can't wait to finish it!!!!!!! "

" One the very few books I've had to put down before finishing. The reader gets dropped the middle of a narrative and asked, "Hold on, you'll' get' what we're talking about in the next 100 pages or so". Not my cup of tea. "

" It had 127 chapters. About 30 of the chapters mixed in were good. Overall, the best part of the book is the author's name- Greg Bear. If I must use only 1 word to describe the book I will leave you with this..."HUH?" "

" I tried to read this and gave up b/c I just didn't care about it. Maybe it would have gotten better but I wasn't willing to try it. "

" I really can't tell if this is the best book I've ever read or if I didn't understand what the heck was going on! Sorry but it needs like a glossary or I needed to track the different races and characters better, because all the made up words made me sad and unable to follow what was going on. "

" Not a compelling read "

" Coulda been shorter or longer. Shorter to cut the long build-up to the fizzle ending, or longer to make the ending more fun. "

" Could not get beyond half way through this turgid and uninteresting book. Very disappointing from the author of Eon, The Forge of God and Moving Mars. "

" Seemingly intentionally confusing. Well written but not particularly enjoyable. "

" a bit too surreal for my taste. "

" Loving this book so far "

" Wa-ay too complicated "

" Eh. Not really what I was expecting. "

" I'll have to re-read this, but I recall the end-of-time aspect as being pretty mind-blowing. "

" Jesus, this thing just dragged on forever and ever. Had some cool and engaging parts throughout but it was all buried in a highly disjointed and dull story. I like Bear's other books but this one might just have been a little too ambitious. "

" Read a review by a fella named Robert for this one. Nailed it. "

" People sure are cranky about this book. I thought there were lots of amazing passages. The end was both flat and abrupt. Glad I read it, I will think about the characters. "

" Good. Complex. But I feel like more should've "happened." "

" Wow. Cool concept but REALLY difficult to get in to and the hierarchy of his 'world' is extremely difficult to follow. Still, worth slogging through for the adventure. "

" In the beginning is the Word. "

" The early parts of this book were great. As the story progressed and concluded it was a bit disappointing. "

" It may not be one of my favorite Greg Bear novels, but I really like his writing style so I may end up reading it again some day. It kept my interest and had some unique (to me) ideas. "

" 3.5* - Good premise, and a welcome return to sf for Bear who I understand has been off writing FBI novels for a while. Went on a bit long, as books about the end of the universe sometimes seem to have a tendency to do. "

" Lekker hard-core science-fiction. Gets confused from around the middle, and good luck to the special effects people if someone wants to make the movie "

" Maybe it's just me -- but I just couldn't follow this at all. Actually, I believe I tried to read it once before with the same result. Remind me not to try again -- okay? "

" Actually pretty enjoyable read; definitely wanted to get to the end. I like expansive vistas of space and time in my SF (a la Solomon Gursky). Still, didn't think it was Bear's finest work as the characters were a bit leaden, as were their motivations. "

" After finishing this book, I'm not even sure that I would give it a 2 star. It had potential, but just didn't keep my interest. I had to force myself to finish it. "

" Sci fi usually isn't good literature, still, a few good ideas introduced but squandered. "

" I'll have to re-read this, but I recall the end-of-time aspect as being pretty mind-blowing. "