Well. This was beautifully written and to some extent, I loved the format of dozens of mini stories with the same characters appearing over and over in different forms. But I was left questioning what the overall point the story was trying to make, in the end, in a story where the point really has to be central given the format. Was it anticapitalist? Pro resistance? (yes, but was that the point?) I don’t know. I just wish the last 10% even had been a tiny bit clearer, woven all of the various threads of the story together better. I also felt like it started to really drag around 70-90% of the way through, or maybe my faith in the idea that I’d stop being so confused and things would start to click just waned at that point. If it had been a little more unified this would have been a 5 star read for me. 

I think this is for fans of This is How You Lose the Time War (but without the love story), the humor of Harrow the Ninth (random memes mixed with shakespearean like prose, on occasion) but without the deep dive into the characters. I may like it more on reflection. I do think it’s smart and I don’t think it’s pretentious, though I could absolutely see why someone would feel that way. But I’m not sure it’s enjoyable.