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This book almost single-handedly ruined the ocean (as a topic) and sci-fi (as a genre) for me. The only female character in the book (besides a “”fat black woman”” who runs through a hallway and then is never referenced again?) is a like holographic (except physically real) version of the main characters dead wife, except as her teenage self when they met. The main character (who is like 40 I think) proceeds to cycle between falling in love and trying to kill this questionably-conscious child wife. He actually does murder her at one point and she is reborn? At this point I forced myself to keep reading because of my interest in the ocean and space, I wanted to see what the big reveal was. I deeply regret this. The deep reveals about life are that of a 12 year old girls diary (I mean this with great respect to 12 year old girls and great disrespect to this elderly male author), surrounded by paragraphs full of scientific jargon that were actually meaningless when I really tried to dissect it. I guess ultimately though, I have no regrets about finishing the book. It’s honestly refreshing to hate something so much every now and then, really reminds you who you are, you know?