jakewelch • read

06/19/2024 - 06/23/2024 – Fascinating book, I enjoyed it. I didn’t expect it to be what it was, almost a thriller vibe, very tense with moments of hopelessness, strange delirious ramblings and reflects through the lens of an educated scientist/entomologist, which was a fascinating way to view the situation. Very methodical and analytical, the protagonist’s way of planning his escape and survival through his mathematical understandings of how sand works and flows. I especially liked the ending, it feels allegorical to the drudgery and trappings of life and finding purpose within even when the purpose is mundane and enables the environment you’re trapped in to continue to exist. Still it was slow and repetitive at times and because of that I give it a 4/5 stars.