Anyone else have a love-hate relationship with Ark Nova?

“I hate this game.” - I’ve muttered this phrase over and over again, as I consult the rulebook for the millionth time, as I flounder another turn doing something that turns out to be useless immediately after.

Ark Nova is too long, too complicated, too abstract for my usual game night, yet the next day, I’m always asking my fiancée to play another game.

And then, I obliterate him with a 55 point score to his 36. 😄