I have very conflicting thoughts about this book. It's one of those that you love to hate, bc it's just so good at being bad. I feel like this book is a beautiful painting underneath that has been grotesquely defaced and damaged. It had the potential to be a wonderful story, brilliantly written; but it has all these nasty little marks on it that rob its beauty. One little sentence here and there that sticks out ugly and deformed.

One of the main questions of the book is, "Is humanity basically good and worth saving?" But all the authors arguments about what humanity IS, are skewed over to focus almost completely on sex. Apparently the author thinks that sex is the sole purpose of humanity, to the exclusion of any other joy, meaning, or fulfillment in life. There is a whole spectrum of emotions, familial connections, and world experiences that are far more important and more descriptive of the human race, but the author doesn't touch on one of them.
This limited and unhealthy world-view really annoyed me while reading.

The author also seems to think that all women are empty-headed objects of desire with no thoughts or goals of their own. I can't believe how disrespectful this book is toward women! Not one actual real female character with a voice of her own in the entire book. They're all mindless tramps.

Every male character is described in detail- their thoughts, feelings, motivations, etc... Beautifully drawn characters. Every female character is only physically described- her body type, clothing, only physical features described in detail. Egh! I'm so angry with this author right now.

Such a pity, bc the story itself is amazing. I couldn't put it down! I just can't stand the philosophy. Also the ending is a disappointment.