2008-02-22 Microserfs

I was very disappointed with this book - I loved JPod and several of the reviews suggested that Microserfs was better. Not so. Both books involve techno geeks, but JPod also had a really good plot, fantastic characters and a lot of humour. Microserfs was just a boring series of random observations without any plot to hold the whole thing together - the balance was just completely wrong. The only bits I really enjoyed were the parts with Dan's parents, and Dan's girlfriend, (whose name I've forgotten already) was OK. I've given it 2 points because the ending was quite poignant, but overall I didn't really enjoy this book. Next stop Shampoo Planet...