A review by mfeezell
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov

4.0

If it wasn't for the fact that this book is nearly 70 years old, I would think that Asimov read my review of the last book, and then wrote this to own me specifically. I still stand by what I said about the initial world building of the first book being ridiculous, but I did not expect the entire crux of this book to revolve around the fact that it IS ridiculous, and that the characters are beginning to realize that and do something about it. I don't believe that this book solves the weaknesses of the world building entirely, but I'm more liable to forgive some of it now that I understand the direction things are going in. I also think the idea of Solaria was intriguing enough for me to really suspend my disbelief, and I loved seeing Baley grow as much as he did in this book as he realized what parts of his own humanity he had been deprived of by watching Solarians attempt to function in their weird dystopian McMansion complexes. Get this man a therapist and he'll be good in no time. Or maybe have Daneel get certified in cognitive behavioral therapy in book three.