I think I liked the second book a bit better than this one, but I really loved this whole trilogy, and what it was exploring. It’s such an interesting thought experiment. And the ability to generate such an interesting setting and notion, then critique it, inserting a flaw in it, is just such a commitment to an idea.

Had I known that the first book was leading here, I think I’d have liked the first one a lot more, because it really did feel like a lot of setup at the time. The second one has a lot of payoff from it, and then this one is a process of pointing out vulnerabilities while continuing and tying into previous events.

Pretty great stuff. I think if I re read these one after another it would probably result in even higher praise. Since they’re far apart, the through line and character arcs weren’t solidified.