It was more like I can't be sure this guy has ever interacted with a woman before. It wasn't sexist or misogynistic like you'd expect. I'm used to classic sci-fi and the amazing representation women usually get in them, but this was in a galaxy of its own. While some parts of it were incredibly cool, the overall piece was kind of a hot mess.Īnd I can't leave this without talking about the only woman character in this book. And basically, we follow a guy around, he's not sure whether or not he's a robot, he does some pretty bizarre things, he finds a doorway leading to a place where physics is kinda/sorta broken (the mystery part), then I guess he kinda/sorta solves the mystery (it was not satisfying), but not before we get like 50 pages of semi-philosophical, anti-communist, AND anti-capitalist ranting. But then there're 50 pages of boring, then we get to the intriguing physics mystery part. Like, I really wanted to know what happened next. There's a great scene where everyone's being shuffled through some sort of mission briefing conveyor belt? I dunno, it was really visually interesting and well told. What even was this? I'd describe this book as a physics mystery? The start of the novel was very intriguing.
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