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jbridges3 's review for:
Quantum Night
by Robert J. Sawyer
I'm a big Robert J. Sawyer fan. I got hooked with the Neanderthal Parallax which was a fascinating adventure in ripping holes in time/space. I've also read a few of the other books he's written here and there. So when I was at the library I stopped to check by his name and found this gem. I went into it knowing nothing about what to expect. And I was pleasantly surprised with the general premise of the book. The best way to describe this is that we all fit neatly into 3 mental states (which correspond to 3 personality types) and then he uses the macro story to tie it in neatly with things present in our current world like herd mentality, political psychopathy and social media. In the end of the novel there are multiple pages of reference reading that ties his theoretical fictional story into a world-based feel and I appreciate that. The story is plausible. The science appears plausible. And the characters are, despite all of them shifting around mentally here and there throughout, are all believable and enjoyable. So if you are into RJS's other stories I think this one fits nicely into his style And it swaps between 1st and other POVs too which is interesting to boot! 4 stars simply because I think the ending felt like 315 pages of build up and 20 or 30 pages of conclusion which I had hoped would have been less of an abrupt conclusion. But it wasn't terrible...