Each time I read this series, I see entirely different things and I wonder how I missed them before. It's been 5 years since I last read this volume and it was almost like it was the first time, I had forgotten so much. This time through, I found myself much more impatient with May's psychobabble—all the jargon invented for her mentally talented main characters. I was painfully aware of how much of it there was. I was also a little wearied by all the geological detail in the final chapters.
The main story (at least to my mind) involves the maturation of both Jack and Dorothea, with the added bonus of their struggle against Fury and Hydra. There is an awful lot of political padding around it, though, something I was less inclined to tolerate this reading. I note my previous experience was in 2020, during the Covid lockdown—what else did I have to occupy my time? If I read this series again (which I suspect is a strong possibility), who knows how I will feel or what I will fixate on? May certainly writes a convoluted tale. And then drops a bomb in the last sentence.
I will attempt to keep up with my resolve to read Magnificat this month, to finish up this rereading cycle. It also seems to be largely purged from my memory banks, so I will go into it with a clean slate. As for this book, I would move my rating down to 3.5 stars for this run through.
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