Six Months, Three Days

An interesting and stimulating thought experiment.

I read this story right after finishing the amazing "All the Birds in the Sky" and unfortunately it did not grab me in the same way. Something about the writing and the two main protagonists just didn't click (I did like Marva though). However, while I might not have enjoyed the actual narrative as much as I hoped (and I can't rule out that maybe my expectations where unreasonably high) the themes it touches and the thoughts it provokes are extremely interesting. Is free will just the way our brains interpret a deterministic reality or do we really have a choice? And whichever maybe true, do we have to spend our time with eyes on the future or is it possible to simply live in the fleeting moments of the here and now?

Obviously the book can't answer such profound philosophical questions for you, but if only for making you wonder and think about these topics, questioning things you might have taken for granted or never given a thought before, I would argue that it is worth reading.


Six Months, Three Days by Charlie Jane Anders
My goodreads rating: 3 of 5 stars