Way, way, way too long. Barely any story in the 860 pages, it gets some drama around 85% in and holds on for a short while.

It's a shame because the first pages are gripping. Then it's just gripping you for an absolute age and it's just a drag.

Nice idea, stretched beyond a reasonable point. Could have easily been an impressive 300 page book.

But it's not. It's a slog.

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Location 3

THE MOON BLEW UP WITHOUT WARNING AND FOR NO APPARENT reason.

Location 51

There was no point in drawing up a last will and testament, because all of your possessions were going to be destroyed along with you, and there would be no survivors to receive them.

Location 88

The human race might be about to disappear, but not before putting on a two-year frenzy of recreational sex.

Location 180

"To American viewers, I'm not fully American. To Chinese viewers, I'm a banana."

Location 364

Then he reminded himself that he was already part of the biggest adventure ever, and that, so far, it had been altogether miserable.

Location 643

Depending on how you felt about ubiquitous surveillance, the result had either been a new Dark Age and an incalculable loss to history, or a liberation from digital tyranny.