This book is very well written and teeming with atmosphere. But I would not inflict it on anyone. The excess of description dulls the mind, and the psychology is totally depressing. Regarding the pacing and the style, the book reminded me of Solaris, and of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".
In my estimation, Keran, the protagonist, is a total fool for succumbing to the influence of the drowned world and its jungle atmosphere. Rather than working to overcome the disaster, he integrates himself into it. In the end, I believe he hurts mankind more than Strangman did. And thanks to the book's for British and very descriptive style, I'm not even positive whether or not Strangman survived in the end. And I don't care enough to reread those parts to be sure of the answer. Though I'm pretty sure that Kerans drowned him when he exploded the dam.
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