Starts off quite spectacularly, continues likewise, but somehow manages to lose the "hard science" edge in the end. The whole "someone comprehends the TOE and everything changes" is just too unscientific for my tastes in a book like this.

The main character, Andrew, is also unsatisfactory. Nothing particular, but he just seems kinda undeveloped. At first we're dropped all these hints that he's possibly autistic and then the whole subject is just dropped for the rest of the book. What's that all about?