Blindsight

I'm not sure what to say about this one. I had a really hard time getting into the story for perhaps the first hour and half. Part of that was the odd narrative structure and part of it was the recording. The narration itself was fine, but the recording was too close, too bass-y, too ... soft? I could hear but not understand what was being said, unless I raised the volume considerably. Eventually I started listening at double speed and found that made my comprehension a lot easier.

As for the story itself, without giving anything away, once I'd raced to the end, if felt like a short story. Blindsight is a full and complete story and yet it is just a snapshot of a time and place. I was pretty satisfied with the way everything was wrapped up until the narrator started putting a fable-ish ending on things... and suddenly I was wondering what the point was. Did anything that just happened actually have any real impact on the universe?

So, I liked Blindsight but it sure wasn't an easy read by any stretch.