What the F*** ? 
 It was like I was reading a book written by three different people. 
 Starts with the focus on one character in present tense, then suddenly shifts to past. I kept getting shocked by how thoroughly some tech issues were tackled (very believable at that), but the characters are brushed over like an afterthought, and the story feels rushed. 
 Life is just too short to read a bloody astrophysics/AI thesis posing as a novel.