To me, this was a book that had a lot of great ideas, but failed to execute them all well. I enjoyed what Clarke was trying to do, but too much of this book was conceptual and vague. Instead of focusing in on her own ideas, it felt like so much of the book was left in the air for the reader to read into it whatever they wanted.

I struggled so much with caring about anything at the beginning. None of it made sense, which was the goal, but because nothing made sense, I didn't want to keep writing. I almost fell asleep the first three times I picked this book up. It was boring and pointless. The second half became much more grounded and I did care a lot more, but it shouldn't have taken so long to get there.

Weird is honestly just not for me. I want my books to feel grounded in reality, whether it's our reality or a different one. It felt like Clarke was so focused on her lofty ideas that she let the story get away from her.

The writing was pretty and I can see why others love this, but it was just an okay book for me.