I so desperately wanted to like this novel, but it ended up failing to meet my expectations. I think the ideas and concepts Chong was playing with were intriguing, but something about the way he delivered these through his writing style and the structural choices just didn’t work for me, and I found them a bit tedious. I was really struggling to follow what exactly was happening, and I can’t help but wonder if this was a result of not being in the headspace for a novel that clearly required a little more brain power than your average book.

I’d like to revisit Flux in the future, perhaps when I’m in the headspace to handle multiple, intertwining narratives with mind-bending details that all seem to matter. I think my biggest gripe that may or may not change on a second readthrough is that I didn’t find the characters particularly interesting, which could have also played a role in why I struggled so much with this book.