Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Janice Card, Marisha Pessl

I'm almost at the end now. Over twenty-hours listened to and less than an hour to go. 

 

I enjoyed the drama on the mountain and the way the impact it had on Blue and Bluebloods was covered. I found all of that believable.

 

Now, I've had the big reveal, which I won't share, and I'm not quite sure what to do with it.

 

Blue figures it all out step by step and the "it" is huge and complex and has been hidden  in plain sight all along. Now she's put a pin through it, like a dead butterfly straight from the killing jar and is turning it around in the light so I can see it from all directions. She's also providing me with the equivalent of a full set of footnotes and sources covering all evidence and inferences.

 

The idea really is huge and bold but the reveal has all the drama of being given a detailed technical briefing on the engines and weapons system of a Rebel TIE Fighter when what you really want to know is whether Luke will close his eyes and use the force before Vader blows him away.