Although I know physicists and our like can be insufferable when approaching another field, I do wish writers would let go of this tired trope of the anti-curious "scientist" who always works on the big name projects and has a mental breakdown if the textbooks are wrong. For heavens sake most of us are nerds that read science fiction and fantasy for fun, and even those that don't are immersed in a culture defined by genre fiction. Any physicist I know would just be fascinated by a magical world that doesn't match "real" world observations.

All that being said, the story told by the book was sweet and entertaining. Yambao's imaginative world of ideas and imagination is compelling and satisfyingly strange. The twists and turns of the story keep the action moving, although a few of the stops felt like they were there just for the neat idea. I was entertained by them though, so I can't say I'm sad they were there.

An excellent book.