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A review by spaceonthebookcase
Observer by Nancy Kress, Robert Lanza
3.0
Dr. Caroline “Caro” Soames-Watkin’s, a rising neurosurgeon finds herself without a job after a sexual harassment case blows up in her face. With her sister and nieces care in her mind she accepts a position doing clinical research on a ground breaking new brain surgery from her estranged genius uncle Dr. Watkins.
Initially the book drew me in with compelling characters and the mystery suspense of the Grand Cayman clinical trial and multiverse brain experiment. As I got deeper into the chapters I started to struggle with the sheer amount of information and word count.
This story has a lot of scientific terminology, specifically quantum physics and the multiverse. Initially I appreciated the long drawn out break down of the theories and information but it eventually became repetitive.
The book is also entirely too long. At 384 pages it’s too wordy and there are too many secondary characters that are hard to connect with. With that amount of pages you’d think the reader could walk away with a solid connection and understanding of every characters but that didn’t happen. I think this book could have been chopped down by at least 100 pages.
Overall this is a middle of the road book. The concept is interesting and the main characters are easy to invest in, but ultimately the execution is lacking and that is why it’s a 3/5 for me.
Thank you to the National Book Network for sending me a copy to review.
Initially the book drew me in with compelling characters and the mystery suspense of the Grand Cayman clinical trial and multiverse brain experiment. As I got deeper into the chapters I started to struggle with the sheer amount of information and word count.
This story has a lot of scientific terminology, specifically quantum physics and the multiverse. Initially I appreciated the long drawn out break down of the theories and information but it eventually became repetitive.
The book is also entirely too long. At 384 pages it’s too wordy and there are too many secondary characters that are hard to connect with. With that amount of pages you’d think the reader could walk away with a solid connection and understanding of every characters but that didn’t happen. I think this book could have been chopped down by at least 100 pages.
Overall this is a middle of the road book. The concept is interesting and the main characters are easy to invest in, but ultimately the execution is lacking and that is why it’s a 3/5 for me.
Thank you to the National Book Network for sending me a copy to review.