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not perfect but can't deny it engaged me

Hard sci fi by its very definition forgoes character and focuses on building a delivery vehicle for ideas instead. This is really felt with this series. Thing is though I love the ideas and the world so much it doesn't matter.

An absolute trip. I can see why some hate this but I certainly loved it. An unsettling, uncomfortable descent that ill not forget soon

I'd probably say I was disappointed by this. It gets 4 stars because it's really good but unfortunately it's one of those books that simply can't be read in a vacuum so it inevitably suffers from high expectations. The final chapter is absolutely incredible with its suspense. I think I just expected something more

You'd not think you'd get near 700 pages out of a town obsessed with spirals but here we are

The best book I've read in a decade. Incredible world. Incredible concepts. And has stuck with me still weeks later. I'm still thinking about the core concepts of it

Weird but great. Feels lovecraftian without the lovecraft

wonderful world. that's it

Absolutely inscrutable writing. Wonderful world and it deserves respect for that but I found it an absolute slog to make it through.

incredible ideas

Incredible ideas and wonderful world building. I went in blind not even reading the blurb on the back of the book. I didn't get when I expected but I got a great read. It's too long but that's more of a me problem. I do struggle with 18 hour audiobooks.

great high level concepts.

Great concepts. Just ended incredibly abruptly. Know it's part of a wider series but there is no particular closure on any issues in the first book

A great read but if you're coming for nothing but answers it will be a disappointment for you. Neuroscience is so nascent it's alot of theory in the true sense of the word.

Still some great revelations and it's entertainingly read as an audio book.

A fairly simple thriller in which I saw the twist coming a mile off. Its handling of mental health issues and alcoholism will stick with me

190-somthing pages that contain about 90 pages of storytelling. One of the most excruciatingly verbose books I have ever read. A thoroughly solid and interesting core concept that is let down by a style or writing that really rubbed me the wrong way.

Really enjoyed this.

I can see how many would not like it as could be argued it goes nowhere but the things it hints at and the parallels the political situations have to what is going at the moment were very interesting.

It's also an fun commentary on the power of cults and the danger of people / politics that don't hold rationalism in high regard. I'm interested to see what the second book has to offer but i do have concerns this story may have been better left open.

Complete must read if you are the fan of the TV show or if you are just a fan of thrillers. Its as dark and disturbing a book as ive ever read.

Grand ideas but very heavy going at times.

very basic

A great quick and easy read that will no doubt have turned me into the annoying character that points out (and corrects) every bit of nonsense that may fall from an acquaintances mouth.

A very trippy but hugely enjoyable sci fi trip that only spans 150 years but feels like it spans millenia

To describe this as witty would do it a great disservice. Its downright brilliant and a must read for anyone with even a passing interest in scifi.

It would have been a 5 star rating if it were not for the final 10% of the book which i thought was overly sentimental and felt out of sync with the rest of the book.

My only concern now is i wont ever be able to watch star trek in the same way again.

At first i loved this book. The initial stages of humanity starting to notice something was not quite right with their technology was genuinely creepy and interesting.

Later on though i felt the plot lost its way slightly and it ended up being a collection of truly excellent scifi ideas instead of an excellent scifi story.

To be clear though some of the ideas are REALLY fantastic and i can see why the book has been picked up for a movie adaptation by Spielberg. Im almost certain the film will bear little resemblance to the books plot though and will just pick from its setting and ideas as its basis.

That doesn't stop me from being excited to see where the movie goes though...especially if it stays faithful to some of the books darker moments.

Loved this. Easy to read, fun and filled with just enough scifi ideas to make me want to investigate the other books in this universe. My only qualm is the book very much felt like an opening gambit in a bigger series. It spent most of the time setting up the universe and that meant that over 350 pages there wasn't allot left for a particularly deep plot.

That said the universe and characters alone were worth the investment in time. I will read Ghost Brigades.

Great read. Gives great insight into how mental health, the treatment of, and diagnosis of may be shaping our society in ways we don't realise.

Reread 12 years after the first time and even knowing the ending its still one of the best books ive ever read.

Such a shame that movie did it such a disservice

Easy to read and adds plenty of depth to the Bioshock universe. Glad i read it.

The defacto ufo book for skeptics that ends up being more of an investigation into Americas counter intelligence practices in the 60s. In short they were shocking and appeared to have no limits as to the depths they would goto I order to protect their military secrets

Aslo UFOs from outer space don't exist