It’s not that I doubt the experiences of the author and how they were integrated into the book, but sometimes when you pick up a book that has more elements of sourcing material rather than firsthand experiences speaking, it lacks this luster and insight into the world they want to convey. The ideas were there but it somehow turned into a secondhand reading experience and I’m not sure why. I felt it to be somewhat outside looking in. The narration and dialogue amongst characters therefore was not distinguishable and lacked depth of character and insight into who they really were so from that standpoint it was difficult for me to keep track of them in my mind. Not dry in that it lacked detail and descriptions, but overall structure was a yo-yo of single words mixed with more elaborate sentences no matter who was talking. Technically most bits were ok except it felt dry. I got lost and then there was this flipping of timeline which compounded my less than satisfying reading experience. Bunny trails into other concepts when I wanted to know more about the single topic at hand, rather than veering off into multiple scenarios I was less interested in. I thought there was foundation for a great idea to take off and land nicely, but the world building lacked substance in depth, though there were many interesting concepts at play but too many concepts for me to keep track of.
On that note, I felt like I was reading the most inner thoughts of a hormonal teenage boy which is not something I was interested in reading about to the extent and number of times that it did. I’m also not so much of a fan of anatomical word substitutions in most instances, especially ones that are noun, verb, noun. I think I was kind of hoping for more astronomical concepts, in a more speculative fashion of the Fermi paradox, wormholes, dark matter and energy, time.
About a quarter to half of the way is when I started to skim read because I didn’t follow it well, a bit word salad and concept, it also weaved in and out of subjects I had mixed interest in.Ĭertain topics I thought I would really embrace, but felt the execution of them fell a bit flat. I quite enjoyed some of the concepts, but overall I felt like I read a lot but not reading anything at all. I read this one for Life’s Library Book Club.
Certainly an interesting book for general conversation and books clubs. I think others may find it more relatable and insightful than me.
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