I read it when I was ten or eleven, after reading Cosmos. I'm sure some of it flew over my head, but it wasn't a hard read even then. In the sense that it was q

I read it when I was ten or eleven, after reading Cosmos. I'm sure some of it flew over my head, but it wasn't a hard read even then. In the sense that it was quite approachable, written in an accessible tone, and didn't assume any previous knowledge. I was a sharp and nerdy kid, but far from a genius. For me Gödel, Escher, Bach is a better example of a great book I kept bouncing off of for various reasons even though I read it much later in life. Gravity's Rainbow in fiction. Some of my favorite books are ones that I started three or four times before pushing through and loving them by the end.