The Outside

Ada Hoffmann
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The Outside

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1/29/2020
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This Lovecraft-inspired novel has some really interesting science-fictional ideas regarding the nature of science, perception, and reality. There's some good worldbuilding here, but I found the story itself to be rather a long slog, and while some of the characters are interesting, I never really came to care about any of them. And the fact that the book repeatedly refers to women in their mid-20s as "girls" was just incredibly aggravating and infantilizing.

Recommended for those who enjoy Lovecraftian-inspired works and think pieces on quantum mechanics.