I really really loved the first book in the trilogy, but by the devil’s right buttcheek was the second book a snoooze fest. Didn’t finish it. I’ve never seen a larger drop in quality between two books in a trilogy. But these comments are making me think I’m the one missing something.
It’s hard sci-fi in an old style, the characters are not central like they are in almost all modern sci-fi. Instead it’s a book of concepts. The series created a novel solution to the Fermi paradox, that’s just cool as hell. Book 3 has a timeline scope that’s bonkers. In some ways it might make more sense to think of it as almost cosmic horror than regular sci-fi. It’s definitely not for everyone. And it’s not a translation issue.
For anyone curious this seems to be a series called Alex Versus by Benedict Jacka. Found an old ama and even there audiobook listeners compilation about the intended pronunciation feeling off.