I should give this another read sometime. Possibly my first impression was affected by my staggering expectations from how much I loved [b: Axiom’s End|51171377|Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)|Lindsay Ellis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1579072263l/51171377.SY75.jpg|72729696], but I’m not excited to go through it again anytime soon. It lost so much of the emotional core of the previous novel by shifting focus to the global political debate, less-interesting relationships, and restating its points ad nauseam.