The Invention of Everything Else: A Novel Audiobook

" Only finished it because it was a book club book. Enough said "

" I knew nothing of Nikola Tesla prior to reading this, but the author does a great job weaving in fact to fiction. I enjoyed all the details about New York city and the huge Hotel New Yorker complex. An interesting mix of science, fantasy, and history with a bit of romance. "

" A imaginitive story about Nicola Tesla. A bit fantastic but really quite fun. "

" Intriguing look at Nikola Tesla and his contribution to our technological advances and way of life. This is a novelized account of Tesla's last days, but his character is based on his real life. I wish he'd been revered as the genius he really was. "

" I loved this book. It's got many moving parts and celebrates the joy of making not money, but things that work. The architecture of the book is inventive, driven by curiosity and compassion, the urge to fly and the desire to love and be loved. I followed along happily. "

" man, did I love this book. you take everything about 'martin dressler' and do everything where you say, "it'd be better if..." and then what do you know, someone's written it. I've loved a lot of the books I've read recently, but it's been a while since I was sad to be done with one. "

" I read the Nancy Pearl 50 page suggested trial and just couldn't get interested in this book. I was thinking Louisa would be like the curious maid in a recent PBS production of a Miss Marple mystery but I just couldn't get interested. "

" Occasionally great. Much of the writing falls just off target, just shy of home. Tesla himself is pretty expertly drawn, but everyone else fades in and out. Fun, pretty good book. "

" I just loved this. It reminded me so much of some of my favorite novels -- really seemed to capture the same themes, characters, and moods. Excellent. Since I borrowed this from the library, I'll be ordering a permanent copy for myself, that's for sure. "

" I am fascinated by Nikola Tesla...This was a dreamscape into his head, into New York , into loneliness. The author threads history and imagination creating a seductively, electrifyingly original world. "

" This book was most notable for the interesting facts it proffered on the history of electricity - not cause the characters were particularly compelling. I finished it. "

" A pseudo Tesla love story! Seriously, well written, enjoyed the characters. Almost lit fic, but better received. "

" I found this story of the last days of Nicola Tesla, the father of alternating current, to be a bit rambling. It is also about his hotel housemaid and her mysterious boyfriend, who might be from the future. Ambitious, but it didn't quite work for me. "

" This book was unusual, but not in a negative way. The style of writing was good, the characterization was good and the topic interesting. The reason I gave it 3 stars and not 5 stars is because this book was "put-downable". "

" This book was strange but terribly fascinating. The prose was somewhat captivating and I read slowly to savor each line. "

" Intriguing look at Nikola Tesla and his contribution to our technological advances and way of life. This is a novelized account of Tesla's last days, but his character is based on his real life. I wish he'd been revered as the genius he really was. "

" I found this story of the last days of Nicola Tesla, the father of alternating current, to be a bit rambling. It is also about his hotel housemaid and her mysterious boyfriend, who might be from the future. Ambitious, but it didn't quite work for me. "

" A pseudo Tesla love story! Seriously, well written, enjoyed the characters. Almost lit fic, but better received. "

" A very easy read. I read it all in one sitting and I enjoyed it a lot. "

" This book was unusual, but not in a negative way. The style of writing was good, the characterization was good and the topic interesting. The reason I gave it 3 stars and not 5 stars is because this book was "put-downable". "

" Sad and a little creepy. Made me wonder how much of the depiction of Nicola Tesla as a sad, borderline Asperger's old man was true. "

" The best I've read in a long time. Engaging, entertaining, intriguing . . . all those big words. They haven't 'invented' any words to describe how much I enjoyed it. I'm changing my 'stars' from a 4 to a 5. "

" This was an amazing story - fantastical, yet believable to me. I enjoyed learning about Nikola Tesla and his inventions. A little too disjointed for me to give it a rating of "4". "

" Gripping and slightly odd never quite sure whether this is fictionalised biography or if it's about to take flight into fantasy. "

" I enjoyed this story very much and it prompted me toward a fascination with the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. "