Bewilderment gives a reader a lot to think about. Richard Powers explores science, technology, the mind and human nature. He is so enamored and invested in understanding the natural world and worries so much (understandably so) about our environment and man’s impact on earth.
Introducing all these topics with depth and meaning can be rewarding for the reader but it’s also overwhelming and sometimes demoralizing. The plot can be subsumed by the the table pounding that things are not right and the amount of information shared is over abundant.
I love so many aspects of his books - the cutting edge mental health studies or the depth of planetary talks between father and son. It rewards the curious. Overall he’s always worth the effort. It just feels a bit condescending to be reading about the dismal future of the world without much room for an individual reader to do much about it.
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