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so many proper nouns to keep track of. and on top of that i think my copy has some messed up characters thrown in at random that make me question the intentionality of every neologism.

read it in three days (basically one day) ((mostly at work))

smooth reading. shines through that weir thinks he could solve the world

remove the le epic reddit from this book and it will be so much better

i like the ending, don't care much for the fighting

alright i see where the topiary comes into the picture. but to what end.

there are too many kids. and of course the girls don't really play a part in the story. i know they will create a four legged machine/creature but idk what thematic or emotional relevance that will have.

ending does go kinda hard. even if that final line is very comedic.

it's barreling toward a climax and sometimes it slaps you with a really good description of something. mostly excited for it to end.

i am getting into it somewhat now that the character relations are a bit clearer. i will admit the pathos is effective at times.

as soon as they landed on earth a negative feeling of "what now" washed over me. like. they're on earth, and everything is fucked, and valerie is dead(???). i am not as certain as i have been that i will like the ending.

also lol dropping echopraxia this late into the book. might as well not have. would have maybe been better.

also how much of an author insert is brüks really. biologist atheist who is kind of pathetic but still argues he knows more than the demigod hivemind. is vindicated in his beliefs when the hive + lianna are killed. idk

whaaaat? has jim been on autopilot the entire time or just when he fought valerie? and yeah oftentimes i do not know what kind of space the characters are occupying, or how the ships and space stations move relative to each other. like did valerie get blasted by the sun? or by the crown's thrusters somehow, and if it was the sun then how did they not melt the ship.

not the biggest fan of how (at times) needlessly vulgar this gets. although i guess it's supposed to be our main guy Brüks having a different mindscape than Siri

s'dope

i am hooked. other books i'm reading right now feel like drudgery, homework, a waste of time, or all of the above, but this is right up my alley.

Peter watts delivers

Gets into shit real quick. I dig it so far. Not crazy about it, but very willing to see where it goes.

Def gotta reread this sometime, and also read more about it

Strongly considering not finishing this because i am so not into it. I feel like i'm wasting my time

Jag är bara inte på bokens våglängd för det mesta.

Scenen där ena väggen försvinner bakom Karen är dock effektiv.

okay so this is also good

crusoe but he is provided with a bunch of shit from the world hedgemon. (more than he was). and then also gets active help from the outside world. also goooodddddd i do not like how epic reddit mark is in this. was he this cringe in the movie as well?

back to slowly chipping away at this.

still not nearly as invested as i was in city&city and embassytown. i kinda don't care about king rat's whole deal. natasha's music making and the police having to reckon with a vanishing are the most interesting parts so far.

man am i glad to not work 18 hour days in a bakery