Pros/interesting

Learnt a few things about the history of the Levant and the Middle East

It’s both uplifting (we can technically do anything) and devastating: societies across the world are eroding. We are both materially better off and morally stagnant.

Marxism had a good shot at changing the world and failed

Minorities matter and strengthen a country. A country’s ability to tolerate differences is indicative of its cohesion.

Nothing is set in stone, everything can change for the better and worse

Cons:

Too wordy, emotionally laden and repetitive - perhaps the translation?

I don’t see how this is groundbreaking analysis. Little felt novel