jon

Great ending, great trilogy!

Basically: I'd not recommend this book. Or I'd recommend it if it were ⅕ the length.

- 1st 20%: 5 stars. Reaction: interesting experiment, fun concept, enjoying both the SF abstractions and the navel-gazing/philosophizing.

- next 30%: 4 stars. Reaction: starting to wonder if the repetitive navel-gazing will tone down and the actual plot will get more contentful.

- last 50%: 1 star. Reaction: omfg I can't believe this all the book's going to offer.

Started May 2025, forgot about it, and picked it up again to rread the whole thing in just a couple days' sittings. Really a page turner—guessing my first failed read was just bad timing.

Had to take a break early on because I thought it was too dark. Really glad I came back. Loved the whole story, and the characters were excellent!

About half way through and have to stop reading because I'm becoming numb to the deluge of statistics being read through. I thought that was just how the book was going to start, but I was quite wrong.