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A review by mackstf
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
3.75
Overall, this was an interesting read! I appreciated the author’s ability to navigate different stories and themes and eventually connect them, but there was a noticeable lack of octopus.
Going into this, I assumed I would read an Arrival-type story, one of communication and alien species and everything this book promises. Unfortunately, it feels like those promises are misguiding and exaggerated. The octopuses story is inherently tangled in Ha’s and Evrim’s stories, which I really liked, but in the end, I feel like I barely scratched the surface of this communication/species/morals question. Instead, I read way more about AI than I ever really wanted to.
Overall, I enjoyed reading most of it. Went fast in the end, writing was okay, characters were okay. An okay book.
Going into this, I assumed I would read an Arrival-type story, one of communication and alien species and everything this book promises. Unfortunately, it feels like those promises are misguiding and exaggerated. The octopuses story is inherently tangled in Ha’s and Evrim’s stories, which I really liked, but in the end, I feel like I barely scratched the surface of this communication/species/morals question. Instead, I read way more about AI than I ever really wanted to.
Overall, I enjoyed reading most of it. Went fast in the end, writing was okay, characters were okay. An okay book.