This was a really enjoyable quantum physics murder mystery. The science was explained in a readable way as part of the story. The courtroom parts were mostly accurate, which is fine because if there hadn't been any dramatic license taken it would have been deadly dull instead of page turning. Overall, a fast paced and exciting read.

Ahoy there mateys. For some sci-fi fun! An author whose blog I read, named John Scalzi (if you don’t know him you should) has a segment called “The Big Idea” wherein as Scalzi puts it “What’s the Big Idea? Authors explaining the big ideas behind their latest works, in their own words.”

I heard about this book when David Walton wrote his Big Idea for Superposition in April 2015. Now normally a book which describes one of the factors of the book to be quantum physics politely gets ignored through no fault of the author. I barely passed high school physics, physics makes no sense, and I hate it. I mean if it is background to the plot then that’s one thing. But for some reason unremembered by me at this point, I decided to put it on my “to be read” list and then promptly forgot all about everything but the title. I now feel that the title should have re-clued my silly physics hating self about the physics involved (duh!). Having finished the book, I am glad I did.

The book was a fun romp into quantum physics that for a non-supporter was broken down well and overall easy to understand. It mentions Schrodinger’s cat which was one physics concept I loved and understood back in the day. I am not sure what hard-core physicists would think of it but I happen to know one as a friend and if he reads it ever, I will let you know. It also dealt with legal issues which having been a paralegal at points in my past entertained me heartily.

The main character Jacob Kelley is enjoyable and amusing in more ways than one. The other characters in the book are not as fully written but with no harm to the plot or book. The book also deals with the Pinelands in NJ which is currently home sweet home so that too tickled my fancy. I will definitely read the sequel which is out already.

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A quick read that held my interest. While it's a fun mystery for physics nerds, the characters and writing are on the shallow side.

This series has been all over my RSS news feeds as a series everyone must try. Interesting science mixed with a bit of detective work. Sounds good to me! Yes, it was science and there was a trial, but that's also all that it was.

Maybe some are so blown away by the crazy cool science that it is enough to carry their interest. Maybe some enjoy the trial and the slow unveiling of details. Maybe you really want to know what actually happened...unfortunately, I turned out to not be in any of those boats.

The characters aren't strong or enjoyable, and my lack of interest in them decreased my need to know who did the killing. The science is explained to you with easy to follow examples...as easy to follow as you know...particle accelerators and atomic interaction can be. However, the thing I was most interested in-highly intelligent particle beings from another dimension!-was the thing that was explained the least. Instead we are focusing on the characters and the human aspect, a man just lost his family and all, and I didn't care about that one bit. Start communicating with the super awesome powerful eyeless creatures and maybe you'd have my attention.

I may or may not have finished this book in one 4-hour sitting. It was that good.

As advertised, quantum puzzler with a mystery, cleverly told in 2 time streams in alternating chapters. Moved right along but has some challenging concepts.

An enjoyable follow-up to Superposition. It lacks the murder mystery component, but I enjoyed the aspects of quantum physics, the multiverse, black holes, and time travel. The villains were a bit mustache-twirly, but not enough to ruin the story for me.

An enjoyable read if you're looking for an interesting premise combined with a courtroom drama/murder mystery/sci-fi thriller with alien life forms. If you're looking for strong characters, this is not the book for you. The solution to the murder mystery was fairly obvious, but the twist at the end leaves me intrigued enough to want to read the next in the series.

-quick easy read

-science fiction murder mystery

-a bit far-fetched, but still a good read

-lots of interesting science (particularly quantum physics) to go with the science fiction

Really enjoyed it, especially learning the physics behind the premise but it wasn't a classic.