To get straight to the point: this is my all-time favourite novel. I didn't see it coming, and it didn't come quickly, but it moved me so deeply that it undebatably takes my number-one spot.

Seveneves is very heavy on scientific detail and description, and I imagine it can be pretty punishing if you don't love that. The reward, though, is a hyper-believable world with a beautifully realistic lineage of technology.

And forgetting the sci-fi for a moment, Seveneves kicks a hard emotional punch. There were several moments when I just had to put the book down and cry while I accepted what I'd just read.

The story can be deeply unsettling, but it paints a vivid picture of the end of the world. I loved it.