The Technologists: A Novel Audiobook

" The writing was bad...got annoying. Skipped to see "who done it" and returned it to the library. Too many good books in the queue. "

" This grew on me. I was thinking it was lackluster but then it picked up. Well written, Pearl knows his history. "

" I enjoyed this more than the Dante Club. There is a lot on Boston in the late 1800's in here that I found fascinating. Good story as well. "

" A mystery centering around who is trying to destroy Boston and the science vs. religion argument. Interesting twists. "

" This is an interesting thriller written about the early days of MIT. Although it is long and written in the melodramatic manner of the period, it has pluses for those who like Boston history, MIT, or early technology. I'm glad I finished it. "

" ok - another great book by Matthew Pearl. Late 1800s (like the other novels he has written) except this time he is not looking at an author - but a locale. He is writing about the first graduating class from MIT. However, like the rest of his novels, the minute I started - I did not want to put it down. Great characters, great story, great novel! "

" A 3.5 really. Imaginative, engagingly written, and with a well constructed plot. Just a little too long. "

" I have always enjoyed Mr. Pearl's work. I just finished this book and am working on his novel The Poe Shadow. If you like historical fiction you will probably find reading enjoyment in his writing. "

" A well told story woven into and around the founding of MIT, with lots of action and guessing. "

" I had high hopes for this novel and found it wanting. Failed as "steam-punk" and it failed as a post-modern 19th century novel. "

" Made it to disc 4 before i decided it was too boring to make it through 15 parts. "

" Great story, full of thrills and twists!!! I look forward to reading more of Mr. Pearl's books! "

" I love thrillers. Was this a thriller? Did I misunderstand? Couldn't read it. Gave up near the middle. Couldn't give up any more of my precious time. "

" This was a good book with a clever plot. I liked learning about the early history of MIT and reading a good mysterty at the same time. "

" Interesting idea of making a thriller about the founding of MIT. A nice read for thriller fans, and an unusual setting. "

" I quite enjoyed this period piece. I found it exciting and well written. It piqued my interest in more than one area that I had not given much thought to previously, the origins of MIT and the Victorian Age. It has created a bit of a thirst for more of its ilk. :-) "

" For someone who flunked science, this book was a little hard to read. But I ultimately enjoyed, especially the last 75 pages or so when it really got exciting. The mystery was great, a terrorist in1868. "

" Good book, but it wasn't quite as interesting as "The Poe Shadow" or "The Dante Club", which I thought were both great reads. "

" only somewhat interesting having MIT as the college. "

" Very interesting historical fiction. Not as good as his first book. But I never knew of the "war" between Harvard and MIT or the fight to get technology and engineering viewed as legitimate science. With a son who is an engineering geek, this was a good read. "

" I like Matthew Pearl. I respect the research that goes into historical fiction. I enjoyed reading about the early days of MIT. I just wasn't that into the story. It dragged and I could put the novel down without being eager to get back to it. That's not a good read for me. "

" Kind of fun to think about what it was like when technology was new and feared as dangerous - how MIT was dismissed, also interesting that many of the characters were based on real people in the school. "