I picked this book up yesterday, at the Books Inc. in SFO, of all places, and finished it today. I started reading on the plane yesterday, fittingly flying from my once-home (San Francisco) to my not-home (Montréal) through an almost-home (Toronto). I was so taken by it that I stayed up late last night reading, and began again as soon as I woke up. Twenty-four hours is the fastest I’ve read a book in a long time, and it felt amazing to be this into a book.

It was great fun, and I’m a little sad it’s over, but I feel as satisfied, if a little hungry for more. I haven’t enjoyed sci-fi in a long time, but this was so tastefully done that the fictional science did not take away from the fiction itself. The story was great, the characters had depth, and the prose, though not boundary-pushing, felt deeply intentional.