I want to preface this review by stating that this is a weird book and won't be for everyone.

But maaaaaaan did I love it!! As a mathematician, I so rarely find depictions of the field that I actually enjoy reading. They can tend to lean into cliches or be unnecessarily esoteric. This was not one of those books. It's one of those 'story within a story within a story', aka a nesting doll, but you don't really need to be able to follow the timelines to be able to enjoy the book. This is a story about mortality, family, knowledge, and discovery. But there are a multitude of triggers in this book, so beware.