I admit that reading this poetry collection made me feel quite silly. While I understood many of the themes presented (what it means to be human, do we have a fair moral code? The struggle of identity as an immigrant and as a queer individual, gender roles/ expectations), I really couldn't discern the deeper meanings enough for me to fully appreciate them.

However, the word choice and style of writing was beautiful and interesting. The disjointed structure of the writing such as in THE CYBORG WANTS TO MAKE SURE SHE HEARD YOU RIGHT resonated with me and was reminiscent of a time when I as an immigrant could barely string a coherent sentence. I also liked the poems "ON THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION", "AFTERLIFE" and "INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM THEORY". While I didn't relate to this collection as much as I'd hoped, I really enjoyed the conversations on intersectionality and references to the 1950s Turing test.

I don't want to discount Soft Science without fully undertanding it, therefore, I will most likely re-read it some time in the future. For now it's a solid 3 stars.