@alans That’s it, yes. It came across as a bunch of well written short stories. I have seen the book compared to Cloud Atlas (which I love) but I thought that Cloud Atlas made the linking and resolution of each of the stories much more satisfying. Thinking about it, I think the problem with this book was that none of the stories really were resolved in an emotionally satisfying way, or only when we heard about the characters’ arcs through a third party. I did find it enormously thought provoking though!