2022: Big big big big fan!

When a novel is dedicated "for the librarians, then, now, and in the years to come", you know I'm going to like it. I flew through this giant of a novel and enjoyed nearly every page. Each of the stories had enough crossover so they flowed very well together. I was constantly engaged and wanted to get to the upcoming narrator to find out what happened next!

Certainly Omeir and Seymour were the weakest storytellers, but they were connected enough with their counterparts in the same timelines (Anna and Zeno) that it was not a distraction. Konstance was my favorite narrator, and I originally thought that the entire book was going to be her story. Zeno ended up having the best journey for me, and I walked away wanting more!

Of course, I was a huge fan of [b:All the Light We Cannot See|18143977|All the Light We Cannot See|Anthony Doerr|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451445646l/18143977._SY75_.jpg|25491300] and was incredibly excited to get my hands on this book. I think ATLWCS had a strong story (and certainly didn't jump around nearly as much) but after reflecting on the poor disability representation of its blind main character, I enjoyed the characters introduced here more. Unfortunately, Doerr made the villain of the story the character on the autism spectrum, but I personally felt that the character was well-rounded enough to hold his own. I look forward to reading some criticism on this though, so send over your thoughts as they are published.