This was a lot more of a tear-jerker than I expected it to be. Bourne was, perhaps ironically, the most human character that VanderMeer has ever written, and through the way he constructed his sentences to the way he changed shape and colors, I feel like I knew more clearly what Bourne was feeling and thinking than what Rachel and Wick were. This was an amazing exploration of the human psyche, and the fact that it was set in some strange dystopia was almost secondary to the real examination of motives and feelings that people go through in times of stress. I loved this, and I love Bourne.