I enjoyed the part about the family’s past life and Roman’s adventures. Didn’t feel like I needed to suffer through the father’s unsuccessful search for his son second half of the book. The book starts good then gets worse as it progresses. Also, Roman’s wife is a total tradwife, and that is what allowed him to succeed as a scientist and go on many of these adventures.  I wonder if she had bigger dreams in life than “I don’t want someone else to raise our kids,” as Roman claims. And yeah, the son didn’t follow recommended precautions to travel in an unfamiliar wilderness, and died as a result. Tragic and all, but sounds like a young, dumb white man.