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This story is not surprising, hopefully one day it will be. But the graphic novel format and the artwork grabbed my attention in a way I can't explain.

This is an area of research with huge potential impacts that I had little understanding of. The basic explanations are pretty good, though I still have plenty of questions. Why are CRISPR RNA sequences palindromic? Etc. Mostly this is the stories of the people, though. Somehow I hadn't heard that there are genetically modified humans walking the earth, and how that happened is pretty interesting. Also these researchers managed to agree on some guard rails to safeguard our species, which has parallels with what is happening with artificial intelligence now.

I wanted to like the story but had trouble with the implausibilities. Interesting themes like algorithmic governance, ecological integration with technology, and collaborative family redefinition kept me going and were ultimately more rewarding.

I was not very curious about trauma and its impacts, but I was interested in learning about the ways our experiences affect our body and vice versa. It quickly became clear that trauma is just the more extreme reaches of this relationship, and the study of it sheds light on nearly everything about being human and relating to humans. I felt a foundational shift of my perspective on my life and relationships as I read, and already my life is changing as a result. If I made a manual for being human, I would put this book near the front.

Not suffering from trauma myself, but interested the science and the cultural impacts of it.

This was my father's book. He said his mother read King Arthur stories to him as a child, I wish I knew which ones. For me the most interesting connection to my world is the idea that our collective and even individual beliefs shape our shared reality. The religious and political dimension of the story is a battle for mindshare where power flows toward the most influential zealots and extremists, remaking the world. There were a lot of other dimensions too, making it a more thought provoking read than I expected.

It should be obvious, our breath is our most available avenue to influencing our minds and bodies. Nestor is a good guide to this strangely ignored aspect of life.

The story is dreamlike in that it feels like there are deeper layers that escape conscious perception. The premise is great in that I suspect dreams do influence our waking reality. Amplifying this influence is an idea full of potential.

Need to start over. My gratitude for the Wilderness Act has only grown, but my perspective is constantly changing.

I was enjoying this, but my library loan ran out and it was not an easy world to track even when reading daily.

I was skeptical that the concept would work, but good writing can bridge many gaps. I was drawn in by curiosity about weird sea creatures and was rewarded richly in that realm, but also unexpectedly in metaphorical ties to the author's personal realm, which is also very different from my own.