A review by lorimichelekelley
Lord of All Things by Andreas Eschbach

3.0

Audible version: This story started out really strong with the story of Hiroshi and Charlotte when they were 10 years old in Japan. I loved listening to that part. Then it went into their university years, and all I remember hearing is how BEAUTIFUL Charlotte was. God I get it! The depictions of women in the book are atrocious. The intimate scenes (possibly the result of translation?) were laughable and really unrelated to the story, especially when they involved James (Charlotte's one-time fiancé). He was just a caricature of a hormone driven misogynist frat boy. The nanotechnology stuff was rather fascinating and I loved the idea of it being alien. The narrator did a pretty good job with the different voices, and I would listen to it again, just to get filled in on all the stuff I missed when I wasn't paying attention because it was boring me and I didn't know when to check back in to the interesting and important stuff. I think the book could have used a better editor.