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Subject: Sea of Tranquility, Emily St John Mandel.
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 17:32:53 +1200
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Sea of Tranquility, Emily St John Mandel.

My first impression was that this would be a pleasant three star pot
boiler as the writing style and content appeared simple and straight
forward and I had no idea what to expect as I had read nothing about it
prior to beginning to read. However, after about half way, the plot soon
became more complicated and a solid four stars resulted. It is a story
from the perspective of a new employee of the government agency having
the only time travel machine and their failure to follow rules resulting
in the question of whether reality is a simulation.
The structure is the same as David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas with four
layers written by the same person in the same style instead of six
written by different people in different styles so it is a lot simpler,
a lot shorter but still fascinating. Highly recommended.