I hate to sound clichéd, but usually, when I look at the cover art of a book, I can guess if I will enjoy it or not. I am aware of the saying about judging a book by its cover, but honestly, people are paid good money to make sure that those covers appeal to readers that will enjoy the book. I saw this cover, and it looked cool. I figured that it was probably a cool book inside that cover. I was wrong.

I had two problems with the book. First, I found the book kind of unbalanced. There seemed to have been a lot more research into the spiritual aspects of the book than there was into the scientific aspects. The attitudes of the scientists were annoyingly hubristic, without any sort of complexity to make them actually believable. The science that was used was often believable, but not convincing. In some cases it wasn't even believable. At one point there is a description of a quantum computer as a glowing fishtank full of green goo. This caused me to, quite literally, laugh out loud. These constant scientific errors tended to interfere with my reading experience.

The other problem that I had was that I did not enjoy the writing style of the book. It was a very simple style, but not simple and elegant (like Kurt Vonnegut, for example). Instead, the simplicity struck me as heavy-handedness. Other readers may disagree, but I felt a constant background irritation at the language used.

Overall, between the lack of science and the simple tone, this book struck me as more of a young adult book. YA books can be a lot of fun, if they have a compelling storyline. However, this story line was not especially impressive, so I didn't like the book that much.