Not worth the time but we did finish it as are both tree huggers.. Richard could have written the story in less than 100 pages... It had a few Interesting moments but it is so anti-climatic. Wondering how he claimed the top honors ... guessing even book awards are politically controlled. The world will continue to be filled with more white lies.... Like Avatar not winning an award. People sense deception. Just sad to waste my time to learn this was not a good read... just bunches of strange words put together in interesting ways that made it see like something good at the time. I would barely give it a one.