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Blindsight by Peter Watts

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itsvalentin's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

unread1975's review against another edition

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4.0

I'll surely re-read it in English or Russian, because I have general problems on focus with audiobooks. But from what I got it is quite an interesting mix of sci-fi and drama.

noahfence2007's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

alexray's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I think this is a new all time favourite. Enthralling punchy writing, nuanced and interesting characters, and sciency theorizing integrated very smoothly. Going to be chewing for a long time on the ideas presented. Just to name a few, whether consciousness is necessary or even beneficial for intelligence, and the dynamic between the illusion of the "I" we experience, and all the layers underneath the illusion.

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