What Strange Paradise

The four stars is rounded up.

As much as I enjoyed this book, I found the last act to be sorta weak in comparison to the rest. There were a lot of ideas and themes focused on throughout the book, only when they all came together it really wasn't clicking, or felt lacking in finesse. For example, the attempt to flesh out the antagonist in the final act felt too little, too late. He was already a caricature, and perhaps if left like that, things would've been more impactful?

I'm not really sure. There's an argument to be made for the characters on the island feeling flat to serve the broader narrative, but I'm not sure I'm of that mind.

Still enjoyable and well worth the read.