THE ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (Michel Houellebecq) - January 1/23

 Yeah, this book is too smart for me. I enjoyed some of the character stuff but Houellebecq devotes large swaths of the novel to impenetrable theories and ideas, and I found myself glazing over huge chunks of the narrative. It's too bad given that I did enjoy certain portions, including one character's reasoning for why women are better than men. And some parts were unexpectedly erotic, too. ** out of ****