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HELL YEA. BRILLIANT.

The tension building and reveals are wonderful

Ok damn we got fascist dictator xenophobic aliens. And they’re somehow worse than humans.

Note: learn lachmans theorem

Charles Dunsmoore’s arc is incredibly unique and created a wonderful narrative moment. I haven’t quite seen a trope like this before—but most of the things in this book are wholly unique.

Nagarjuna has me tearing up 🥲

Absolutely love Moses and the whimsicality of the story.

This book feels incredibly real in so many random ways. There’s so much political and social commentary. The tidbit of a politician realizing the err of his ways because he saw the earth from a spaceship — which is similar to how astronauts change irl.

I’m soooo invested

The storytelling has proven to be quite brilliant. The pieces are coming together.

There’s a lot of irony and subtle humor that I’m falling in love with. Some very funny and clever scenes.

The POV switches are lowkey getting ridiculous LOL but I love it

Are these organisms based on jellyfish? That is so cool

So, what would normally not work in a book — many random additions of characters right at the beginning, intense info dumps from dialogue, and generally just lots of science based rambling—is actually quite enjoyable. I’m curious, but not overly confused. It’s amateur writing with brilliance that carries it through.

There are some sentences that stick out as cringe to me but it’s easy to ignore bc the plot is interesting

I love that we’re getting weird settings and ideas right off the bat. The idea of a worldwide ecosystem protection system (The diversity police??) is rather optimistic.