It's hard to know what to make of this impassioned conclusion, which seems rather disconnected from the narrative that precedes it.
The last 50 pages ran a little smoother, and the final scene — stark and disconnected from the narrative, without Quirk telling us what he thinks of it — had a rosy glow I wish I'd found more of in the rest of the book.
There are some factual slips, background passages can seem too disconnected from the foreground narrative, and at times Thorpe is unnecessarily discreet, for instance in relation to the royal family.
The series doesn't wrap a great amount of depth around issues it initially appears keen to explore: corruption in higher institutions, dodgy wheeling and dealing in the horse racing industry (a subplot that often feels disconnected to the core narrative) and even the current state of journalism, illuminated through the plight of disenfranchised journo Linda (Dusseldorp).
Right now, each race around the country is in it's own little bubble, disconnected to the larger narrative.
But most actual antifa don't worry much about the "optics" of their actions, and are disconnected from the media narratives that have been erected around them.
Finally the evaluation reveals that evidence-based research and policy narratives are often disconnected, with some of the strongest and long-lasting policy narratives lacking any strong and rigorous evidence-based validation.
Unfortunately, it required a heroic effort to wade through much of Volume Two: the lightest character, Hiro, was stuck in feudal Japan, fighting a battle that felt disconnected from the present day narrative.
"Social media tends to force us into sharing only those moments that we think will get the most likes, but that leads to a narrative that is disconnected from who we really are," Miller said.
This growing concern in Europe over the rise of populist anti-immigrant parties and anti-Islamification narratives cannot be disconnected from the disenchantment with multiculturalism.
