The Mountain in the Sea

4.5 rounded up!

I liked it a lot, it tapered off at the end a bit hence the .5 but overall I really really liked it.

If you are looking for murderous sentient octopi this isn't the book for you. It's an exploration of consciousness, a reflection on the actions of human-kind, and a statement on social responsibility on a grander scale.

I think putting it under the thriller genre was the biggest mistake in this books marketing and why many of it's top liked reviews are so low. There's far more introspection and reflection than there are action sequences but as a Bradbury lover, I fucking love that shit.

ALSO I loved the abundance of South East Asian characters INCLUDING all the named Indonesian characters. A win is a win.

Anyway, I leave you with this.

“Communication is communion. When we communicate with others, we take something from them into ourselves, and give them something of ours. Perhaps it is this thought hat makes us so nervous about the idea of encountering cultures outside of human. The thought that what it means to be human will shift - and we will lose our footing. Or that we will finally have to take responsibility for our actions in this world.”