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.
It felt like a textbook with nuggets of wisdom sprinkled about. Discrimination associated with certain ethnic & religious groups and fear mongering are not new. This book shows how history tends to repeat itself. Though written before this pandemic, the content feels all to familiar.
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.