The cultural-linguistic material has intrinsic interest, but its connections with cyberpunk and computer-reality seem more than a little forced. Already have an account? Log in. Trouble signing in? Retrieve credentials. Sign Up. An interesting plot and compelling characters are dragged down by unwieldy dialogue and a climax in which the action is not adequately explained, suggesting there will be a sequel.
Page Count: Publisher: Tor. Review Posted Online: Jan. No Comments Yet. More by Deborah Coates. Reader Votes New York Times Bestseller. Review Posted Online: Feb. Show comments. More by Max Brooks. More About This Book. And despite the many clever embellishments, none of the above is as original as Stephenson seems to think. An entertaining entry that would have benefitted from a more rigorous attention to the basics. Page Count: Publisher: Bantam. More by Neal Stephenson.
Please sign up to continue. Almost there! Reader Writer Industry Professional. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. There's a Thing in Lake Michigan and it's after Beth's roommate. Beth wants someone else to take care of it. But when no one steps up, not even the mysterious Paul, who does this kind of thing for a living, Beth realizes that she'll have to do something herself before it's too late.
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Sort order. Start your review of What Makes a River. Aug 28, Badseedgirl rated it it was ok Shelves: read-in , short-story. This well- written story drove me crazy. I started the story with questions, and ended the story with all the questions still hanging out there. It was obvious from the hints Deborah Coates dropped throughout the short story, that the protagonist, Beth, has had some kind of history killing "Things.
This short story feels like it is the middle of a series, but annoyingly, apparently it isn't. Now I'm left with all these questions just rolling This well- written story drove me crazy. Now I'm left with all these questions just rolling around and around in my head. Mar 26, Micaela rated it really liked it Shelves: free-tor-short-stories.
Apr 12, Maggie Gordon rated it liked it Shelves: urban-fantasy , short-stories. There are They want something from us, and we don't actually know they exist Coates turns this into a tense, tinged with sadness story. I hope there's more! Feb 13, Kimikimi rated it really liked it Shelves: tor-com.
Another Tor. Jul 30, Kate rated it liked it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. A short story take on an uncertain heroine who knows there are things not-things as she claims that really do go bump in the night. I am curious now as to what Beth will have to do now? Will she face more of these monsters with Paul, or withdraw back into the denial of it? Jun 28, Peter Bradley rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fiction.
Feb 12, JM rated it liked it. Not bad, but it somehow felt too girly for me. Guess, by the context, that it's a short story set in a longer novel series. I enjoyed it, though there was a little too much sense of being thrown into the unexplained for my tastes.
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