Deep Dive Into Jane Lee

Let me just say that I’ve read this book 3 times, and every time it was worth it.

This is a math book, and like all math books ,it had numbers.

But this one was quite…different.

Let me first talk about the illustrations. The illustrations are beautiful- because it’s simple cartoonish look combines with a realistic touch, and the things that the author or perhaps illustrator draws are magnificent- great blooming numbers and spiraling chains- beaches, nigh skies, number people- all of them are detailed yet simple at the same time, and even that is just mesmerizing.

Then there are the information that it tells us. Its intricate- a detailed but fairly easy to understand pieces of information. ‘The number devil’ spins a story out of numbers- and numbers out of stories- and that’s the real mesmerizing thing about it.

One thing I am sad about is that there is no next book. I feel as though if they ventured off into more maths and had more adventures, it would have been nice. The book feels like there should be a book two, and I have this itching urge that there must be one- even though there isn’t.

Unlike a novel, this book doesn’t have intricate backstories about their characters, so it was always pleasant to make up stories- and at the same time enjoy the mathematical magic they were producing.

I also liked that it wasn’t too formal- there was room for silly things like slimy calculators and exploding ones- if it was serious, then no-one would want to approach maths.

My favorite insignificant part was how the chapters were titled as nights- and that his position changed every night. It was a small perk, and I enjoyed that significantly.

My favorite part they talked about had to be the Bonacci numbers- which is their way of saying Fibonacci numbers. The repeating pattern of adding the number before it. 1 then 1+1 is 2, then 2+1 is 3, and then 3+2 is 5, and so on until, as they like to fondly say, “till the cows come home.”

The sequences they talk about are all so mesmerizing. Perhaps because that they’re also seen in nature, a lot of them- and how so many things seem to revolve around them.

Sometimes I wonder if maths is really a universal language. Galactic-ally. Or should I say glacially. No- spatially- as I have learnt one of the words in this very program which I upload my book reviews to. But that’s not the point.

This book was interesting in many ways, and I enjoyed it a lot. I also really enjoyed writing this book review because it wasn’t a novel- and I don’t have that often.

So I recommend you to read this book- even if it may seem simple, and perhaps it is for you- but its magic will take you to somewhere you won’t expect- somewhere you wouldn’t even dream of.

Thank you.