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Okay so I both loved and also disliked this book. The first part and half meander and trudge their way through a lot of scientific exploration that makes it very hard to push through because there’s no real other plot. It’s worse when the book actually gets interesting because it makes you feel like you’ve had to wade through a lot to get there. When this book is good it’s honestly great and amazing but it cuts off and finished so abruptly it was hard to feel accomplished or to feel the big reveal had any real pay out. It feels kind of like Wole Soyinka had three books he wanted to write and individually if given a chance I bet they would have all been 5 stars but this combo makes it lacklustre and difficult.

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dark funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

read2fast2furious's review

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2.0

halfway through,,,, i am not enjoying this at all so far
i will try to finish bc he won a nobel prize

update: i really had to power through. the book should have started in the middle bc that's when the first intersting thing happened.