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It was difficult to get into this because of the writing style and how it jumps around in the timeline, but as more of the chapters focus on the pre-disaster period and what led up to it, it becomes an easier read. The writing style perhaps reflects the mental condition of the main character but I found this made the initial chapters hard going.
Nevertheless, the parallels with modern-day science are interesting and make it worth finishing the book just to find out what happens. It explores a much more commercial approach to human and animal genetically engineered products than we appear to have today, but is believable enough. However, I won’t be continuing reading the rest of trilogy.