I really enjoyed this read. This is a topic I've never really read much about and I enjoyed it immensely. A great fictional "retelling" of Margaret Mead's story - of course romanticized. The love triangle situation with Nell, Fen, and Bankson was very well developed - in fact, I think it's even more developed than the characters themselves. It's an interesting method of character development, where you learn more about them from how they relate to other people than from themselves. The little back story we got on each was insightful as well. I liked Bankson as the narrator, being both an insider and an outsider (to the relationship) made his perspective unique. Also, the snapshot of anthropology at the time was something new for me. The views on hands off observation versus in depth participation are intriguing, and something that I think various fields still struggle with today. The idea of the Grid and the interest in role reversals and female sexuality spoke to me particularly, as they can really relate to my field of study. The awakening of female sexuality is such an underexplored topic, from her time and still now, and reading it's budding start here (both in Nell's life and for the women in the tribes being studied) was fascinating. I think Euphoria lives up to the hype. The story was beautifully told and the air of art and mystery in the writing really set the mood for the plot. Very complex exploration of the familiar and unfamiliar.