The Dimensions of a Cave

Really mixed feelings on this one. He's an incredible writer but it feels like he got too caught up on plot. Literary, poetical Neal Stephenson. It feels like it's all exposition, various scenes of conversations. Maybe all books are but it felt especially noticeable. And the plot feels basic to me, but maybe because it's about all the stuff I think about all the time. You know when you meet someone and you have so much in common you dislike them out of defensiveness, they're edging into your niche? I have a feeling I would feel that way if I met Greg Jackson. I'm very very excited to read his next book, I feel like he's gotten the “big important novel” out of his system and he can just write a smaller story about people.