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I also enjoyed this line: “What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years? […] Nothing.” This line seems to sum up the pessimism that filters into this book, as the only source hope is of a religion that fronts itself as a bunch of lies. Also rereading the start really highlights the circular structure and foreshadowing that I somehow missed. Crazy book.

And done! Honestly I don’t really know what to say about this book, it truly is the embodiment of “all life is meaningless” in a way. The twists were fun as much as they were tragic and the ending really cements the sense of inevitability of human failure. “There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look. I am proof of that” this line hurts more knowing what happens.