Red Team Blues

A Martin Hench Novel , #1

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Cory Doctorow: Red Team Blues (Paperback, 2024, Tor Books)

Paperback, 240 Seiten

Am 30. Januar 2024 von Tor Books veröffentlicht.

ISBN:
978-1-250-86585-4
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5 stars (4 Bewertungen)

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reviewed Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)

Move over heart-throbe protagonists, an elderly accountant has arrived

5 stars

Seriously. Martin Hench is a fantastic character. There is nothing about him or his journey through this novel that I would change.

As always, Doctorow has gotten all of the details right. As an infosec professional, I appreciate that level of research and commitment to verisimilitude. This is a fast paced thriller about... financial and tech crime... I know that sounds weird, and it is even weirder that the main character is essentially an accountant, but it works so well.

I also love that he's old. He's been around the block a time or 7. He knows his shit. He's the last of a dying breed. The computing revolutionaries from MIT. He was at the cutting edge of forensic computing and accounting. But those days are long in his past. Now he's dealing with cryptocurrency. The blockchain. All that other gross crap that tech-bros have come up with. But he's …

reviewed Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)

Cheesy in a good way

4 stars

This was entertaining, and grabbed me more than I expected it to. I liked the story, the noir style and tone, and the tech landscape it’s set in. Sure, it’s obvious that the protagonist is a bit of an author surrogate/fantasy and that made some moments kinda … cringe… but I was hooked firmly enough that they were only minor road-bumps.

Now I’ve got the “book finished blues”

5 stars

Absolutely phenomenal. Could not put it down, devoured in a whirlwind, and entirely-too-impatient for the rest of the series. Compelling storytelling, memorable characters, and a gripping plot.

If you only read one book this year and it isn’t Red Team Blues, you should really make it two.

reviewed Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)

Well worth your time!

5 stars

I finished @pluralistic’s #RedTeamBlues this evening, and I would highly - highly - recommend it! It’s a short read, just a tad over 200 pages but it’s quite engrossing. I probably could have finished it last night, but I forced myself to sleep instead.

I really like Doctorow’s writing style, and I always learn some new words (and not just technological ones) when I read his books. One of my favorite hallmarks of his fiction is the use of what I would term “non-standard” protagonists - in this case a 67-year-old confirmed bachelor facing retirement. Definitely not someone I would have expected to be enmeshed with a cast of Very Ruthless People ™️ and crypto-bros. That alone makes the stories so much more relatable and entertaining to me and easier to identify with. And as always, the more technical elements of the plot are thoroughly well-researched and expertly woven together …

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