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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wow, I am just absolutely blown away by this one. When I picked up this book on a whim yesterday, completely blind, I was not expecting it to become one of my favourite reads of the year, and easily one of my favourite manga of all time, but here we are. A breathtakingly beautiful tale of humanity and what that could begin to mean in a world that is slowly starting to leave humans behind. This one will should appeal to anybody interested in the quieter, more contemplative side of Science Fiction (think Solaris, or more accurately the Tales from the Loop tv series from not too long ago).
There's a certain comfortable melancholy that pours out of nearly every page of this book, emotional moments implied in such subtle ways as most of the characters we interact with are robots who are able to go through these incredibly existential situations without any obvious signs of emotional distress. But then there are these quiet, almost but not quite internally looking moments we are forced to wonder if that really is the case, or if there is some inner conflict, a sense of longing or loneliness hidden just beyond the inscrutable expressions of these artificial humans.
The story, told through a series of interweaving vignettes returning to a handful of recurring characters, takes place over thousands of years. Time is different when you aren't a human, and centuries and millenia flow into each other, we as readers are left to observe the massive changes to civilization and the world itself through much different eyes. The story weaves together quietly, patiently, but NOT completely indifferent; like a series of poems written by a mind just beginning to grasp what it means to feel for the first time ever.
There's a certain comfortable melancholy that pours out of nearly every page of this book, emotional moments implied in such subtle ways as most of the characters we interact with are robots who are able to go through these incredibly existential situations without any obvious signs of emotional distress. But then there are these quiet, almost but not quite internally looking moments we are forced to wonder if that really is the case, or if there is some inner conflict, a sense of longing or loneliness hidden just beyond the inscrutable expressions of these artificial humans.
The story, told through a series of interweaving vignettes returning to a handful of recurring characters, takes place over thousands of years. Time is different when you aren't a human, and centuries and millenia flow into each other, we as readers are left to observe the massive changes to civilization and the world itself through much different eyes. The story weaves together quietly, patiently, but NOT completely indifferent; like a series of poems written by a mind just beginning to grasp what it means to feel for the first time ever.
