The second book of the Bobiverse series largely plays it safe. The story of the many replicated versions of the titular Bob continue their parallel journeys through space.
The temporal jumping back and forth through plot lines got a bit more confusing with an ever increasing number of Bob permutations to keep track of. Additionally, some of this felt a bit contrived and some information disconnects felt less plausible as the supercomputer Bobs linked up via faster than light communications.
This particular book scores low on the ratings, but that shouldn’t be taken as negative. On the contrary, despite all my critiques above, I found it enjoyable to read. Perhaps that’s because it does pull me along. There are gems, such as the original Bob’s continued efforts to caretake an intelligent species (though he seems to forget that to achieve his visions for them an evolutionary timescale of millennia would be needed).
So while this novel lacked anything to put it over the top as art or truly though-provoking, For We Are Many remains a charming book, with less of the obscure and unexplained Star Trek references than the original.
Style: 2
Substance: 2
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