I've been thinking about this book off-and-on since I finished it for a small book group, nearly a month ago. If that doesn't say something, I'm not sure what does. Tevis crafts a world in a future where robots are the norm, humans are numb, and reading is illegal. That's not usually a problem though because people don't know how to read anyway...until someone decides to learn how. I really enjoyed watching a character have real curiosity about language, reading, and learning as a whole. It's a time in our lives we don't always remember because we tend to learn relatively young, but that curiosity, that excitement about obtaining the ability to absorb language off a page is just magical and watching the characters in this novel experience that for the first time was beautiful. There are a variety of themes and topics covered in this novel - all highly worth exploring/chatting about - but I do recommend folks check content warnings, if that's your jam, because it does get a bit intense, at times.