Three stories, three different time periods; the near-future and far-future ones connected though how the historical one is relevant in any way I fail to understand besides a general idea of "apples".

But... the POV characters aren't relatable. Most of the side characters aren't relatable either. The only character I found in any way relatable was Eury, who is also clearly signposted as the Big Villain, which, um, probably wasn't supposed to happen?

Spoiler

She had a vision, she had a plan to execute that vision and she wasn't exactly wrong. But we're supposed to support John and his group just because? There's only one moment in which I didn't like Eury and that was a throwaway moment solely connected to today's geopolitical situation, so if those three sentences hadn't aged incredibly poorly I'd find no moment in which I didn't like her.