Sourdough A Novel

I think Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore enchanted me because of how it ended. I'm afraid Sourdough may have done the opposite. I loved the combo of baking and robot programming, the search for purpose, Beoreg's dispatches. I can see a lot of parallels between the two, but the quirky mystery came out better in Penumbra than in Sourdough, to my mind. This one also went a little more surreal with the long short story/novella The Suitcase Clone included at the end. To each their own. 🤷🏼‍♂️