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This is a beautiful, profound book that requires a deep level of commitment and investment from the reader. It’s a slow burn, there’s not a lot of dialogue, and it’s 451 pages long. But it’s the kind of book that makes you feel like you’re in good hands, the kind that will reward you both emotionally and cerebrally if you take the plunge.

I went into it knowing very little, and I had no idea what to expect. How deep would the artificial intelligence aspects of it go? Who were these characters? This vague sense of mystery and wonder begins in the first pages and builds steadily through to the end.

At its core, The Unseen World is a coming-of-age story about Ada, the strange, thoughtful, brilliant daughter of David Sibelius, a computer scientist at a prestigious university lab in the 1980s. Ada spends the formative years of her life in the lab with David and his colleagues, where she comes to share her father’s love for mathematics, cryptology and puzzle-solving.

When David suddenly falls ill, Ada’s peaceful world is upended. On top of that, she begins to suspect that David has been harboring secrets, and will spend the next couple decades of her life trying to decode the mysteries of his life.

The Unseen World is a fully realized novel about one family’s legacy, but more than that, it’s about what it means to be human: the inevitability of hurting the ones we care about the most, and the redemptive power of love, loyalty and forgiveness.

By the time I reached the final pages, I was completely blown away (and devastated) by how it had all come together — like one of David’s and Ada’s puzzles. Every piece of it made sense, every piece of it was an essential part of the whole.


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The Unseen World A Novel Liz Moore 9780393241686 Books Reviews

Loved it! A mystery enfolded in the real-life paradigm of dementia. I kept reading to find out the answers to the many questions raised along the way, including when we should expect the AI singularity to occur. A humanistic future history of what is to come.
I LOVED this book! The main character, Ada, is joining the many other characters that live on in my head. The writing is gorgeous. The AI topics are all too relevant to today. This book did take me a few pages longer than usual to get into it, but it was well worth those extra pages. Bravo!
Lots of technical computer concepts intertwined with social, psychological, family culture. Well developed characters. A bit surprising ending finished the book nicely.
The Unseen World touched on many subjects that triggered memories -- both gentle and rough. Moore has the ability to convey a sense of place. She has, as well, the ability to make that sense time appropriate. In a book that spans more than a century, this is essential.

But her greatest success, is her ability to create, for this reader, a rooting interest' for so many of her characters.

Remarkable!
The story starts out being of the 3-star caliber well-written, but nothing really special.
But just when you think this is going to be another sad sobbing family drama, the real story unfolds and turning it into a 5-star novel for me. I absolutely loved the relationship between Ada and her father, and how it evolves over time. I also loved the role of ELIXER and the book's ending - sorry to be so cryptic but I don't want to say too much as I don't want to give the plot.
Why 4 stars instead of 5? Well, I guess the only complaint I have is that Liz Moore took a little bit too long with setting the story.
I found myself while reading this book feeling as if I was a piece of string that had somehow been tangled into a huge messy knot. I could jump to the end of the string to get out of it but then I would never know how I got there. Or I could cut myself out but then I would never be able to assemble the pieces into something that made sense. I just had to sit back and let the author unravel the knot in the telling of her story. A book well worth reading.
A really good book which is so real that you feel you are right there. It covers a long period of time with the primary character being Ada Sebelius who at the beginning of the book is 12 and at the end is an old lady. Her “father” is David, whom she always calls by that first name. David is a very intelligent scientist – computer person at the very beginning of the computer era, when computers filled whole rooms. (That’s almost unbelievable these days, although I’m certainly old enough to remember those days.) One of the primary themes is developing artificial intelligence including a device/program called ELIXIR . (Think Alexa, only ELIXIR as it developed went much farther and much more developed as scientists continued working on it. There are many levels to the story, including the mysterious origin of David himself. The ending is practically unbelievable, and I found that a real reach, but maybe one day such a thing might be a reality, hopefully after I’m long gone. I won’t spell it out here, as I don’t want to spoil it for those who may read the book. Author Liz Moore is an amazing writer with a vast understanding of the subject matter.
This is a beautiful, profound book that requires a deep level of commitment and investment from the reader. It’s a slow burn, there’s not a lot of dialogue, and it’s 451 pages long. But it’s the kind of book that makes you feel like you’re in good hands, the kind that will reward you both emotionally and cerebrally if you take the plunge.

I went into it knowing very little, and I had no idea what to expect. How deep would the artificial intelligence aspects of it go? Who were these characters? This vague sense of mystery and wonder begins in the first pages and builds steadily through to the end.

At its core, The Unseen World is a coming-of-age story about Ada, the strange, thoughtful, brilliant daughter of David Sibelius, a computer scientist at a prestigious university lab in the 1980s. Ada spends the formative years of her life in the lab with David and his colleagues, where she comes to share her father’s love for mathematics, cryptology and puzzle-solving.

When David suddenly falls ill, Ada’s peaceful world is upended. On top of that, she begins to suspect that David has been harboring secrets, and will spend the next couple decades of her life trying to decode the mysteries of his life.

The Unseen World is a fully realized novel about one family’s legacy, but more than that, it’s about what it means to be human the inevitability of hurting the ones we care about the most, and the redemptive power of love, loyalty and forgiveness.

By the time I reached the final pages, I was completely blown away (and devastated) by how it had all come together — like one of David’s and Ada’s puzzles. Every piece of it made sense, every piece of it was an essential part of the whole.