Finished Blindsight by Peter Watts. What a refreshing take on alien life for a first contact novel! It's a mind-blowing book full of cool concepts about sentience and human mind. The non-linear story might be confusing at first and the world-building was shown in glimpses of flashbacks. Each of characters has their own speciality for their role in making first contact. I had difficulty imagining the scenes, but the story is so fascinating to read.