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The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
3.75
adventurous informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So many interesting ideas brushed upon, and i kept getting more invested, but by the end the pay off was a little bit hand-wavy. Sometimes the leaps and reliance on intuition felt arbitrary to progress the plot, other times the philosophising added to the scientific focus. There were moments were paragraphs felt repetitive and i thought i was getting deja vu. 

I think the book was a bit ambitious in all the topics it was trying to focus on, but all the topics were things i was interested in, so definitely confused on how i feel. I read through very invested, but not a fan of the end i think, but i dont /hate/ it.