sam

Concise and to the point. The title is deceptive though. The book is about more than just cheese...

Excessive detail at times; it was hard to stay focused. The characters are well developed but the climax was ... anticlimactic to say the least. I was planning on reading the original French version of this but the text will be dated. It might do the plot more justice reading it in it's intended flavor but I don't think I have the patience to endure those mind-numbing paragraphs about ocean life again.

A refreshing take on what makes space so exciting and what lessons it can have for life on Earth. A worthwhile re-read.

wayyy better on the re-read. i'm glad i didn't understand anything too deeply when I read this in school - it's quite dark

The author incorporates simulation theory well into the book. Here's a great quote:

if definitive proof emerges that we're living in a simulation, the correct response to that news will be So what. A life lived in a simulation is still a life.