“….the right thing to do, the full moral measure of a person is not always that goddamned simple.” The very core conflict of this book wrestles with something we have all felt—how can we engage with people, work, art, that have also been tainted by wrongdoings? Helen chooses to follow her disgraced advisor to a (dis)reputable research institution so that she can continue her efforts to understand superconductors in her physicist work. I felt deeply for Helen as she navigated the consequences of her choices, and while I did not always agree with her, I could see the forces that she felt pushing her in this direction. As a reader, I much prefer books that utilize quotation marks and other devices to show conversation and inner monologues. At times, it was difficult to parse out whether a sentiment had been shared aloud or simply thought silently.