A review by aweekinthelife
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

challenging dark reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

 fiction that reads like a memoir, except these are stories of scientists who have changed the trajectory of our world and there’s no possible way the author could know anything about some of the moments described. the book makes you contemplate the human costs of progress and scientific achievement/progress. a brilliant work that is unsettling at times. 
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