The Object

A short book but still pretty good. Relied on many tried and true Sci-Fi tropes. If you liked the Children of Time books by Adrian Tchaikovsky, you'll probably like this book as well. Don't expect the same depth or risk taking, but it was a fun little read with some discussions of consciousness at the end.

A surprising ending

I read this book with maybe the same level of excitement as the crew in the story. Very few parts of the tale seemed obvious, and maybe at times the plot seemed to be moving very slowly.

But that too made sense at the end. I've always considered the reality imposed by near light speed travel to be fascinating, the connection between objective and subjective time, but this kind of turned that paradigm on its head, and the tale was all the better for it.

For other readers, give this book your full attention, and don't give up if you find it slow going. That's surely the point!