A review by theaurochs
The Idiot Gods by David Zindell

4.0

A scathing and honest look at the human species, and a philosophical ideal of how we could live better lives within the world, rather than against it. This book may come across as on-the-nose, but it bloody well deserves to; humans are pieces of shit and we are murdering the planet. We deserve the full force of the scorn this whale aims at us.
It's also pretty cool to get pretty much the archetypical hero's journey, as experienced by a whale.