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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
The reader is plunged inside the head of June, a brilliant girl whose life goal is to solve a problem that her beloved uncle was on the verge of solving before he died. June is so single minded that she notices practically nothing else. I enjoyed the book but was left with many questions.
Bought because of the cool cover and I heard it was ideal for fans of The Martian and Station Eleven. I would agree that it does feel like those two books as you are reading. It’s also super strange and I can’t say that I liked it all that much but I also couldn’t put it down...so overall I’m just confused.
Young genius girl astronaut trainee trying to solve a complicated mechanical problem so they can rescue lost (maybe dead?) astronauts while also falling in love with a cranky and possibly deranged fellow genius astronaut guy.
Oh and it’s a retelling of Jane Eyre that I didn’t realize because I haven’t read that book in probably 35 years.
Young genius girl astronaut trainee trying to solve a complicated mechanical problem so they can rescue lost (maybe dead?) astronauts while also falling in love with a cranky and possibly deranged fellow genius astronaut guy.
Oh and it’s a retelling of Jane Eyre that I didn’t realize because I haven’t read that book in probably 35 years.
I read this after catching up on For All Mankind, hoping it would fill the void in my life for space-related stuff. This is a retelling of Jane Eyre, and it was enjoyable. Oddly it seems to be billed as a love story but if there's any real love story, it's between June and her talent in engineering through her obsessive and consuming genius. I was pleasantly surprised that the "romance" was actually not central to the novel whatsoever, and it was brief and dysfunctional, and honestly kind of horrifying. I enjoyed this book, although found the ending a bit abrupt.
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit
This is one that I really wanted to like. While not technically exciting like a lot of science fiction tends to be these days, I found a lot of kinship with June. Read as 'women's science fiction' I think this is an alright title.
But the lack of quotation marks was more obnoxious than I was anticipating.
The writing itself is a piece of art though.
But the lack of quotation marks was more obnoxious than I was anticipating.
The writing itself is a piece of art though.
I liked that the dialogue had no quotation marks. It made her detailed descriptions of machinery seem real and deeply important to June, while other people barely penetrated her bubble of focus. I think this approach was well used, well executed, and have the reader more insight into the character
I loved this book, it's so much better than I expected after reading the blurb- I'm so glad it was highly recommended so that I took the chance on it. Loved it!
I enjoyed the story, but also felt like it was so much of a build up for no true payoff. It also absolutely drove me mad there were no quotations for dialogue. I would like to know the outcome of these characters so I am somewhat hoping for a sequel! Kept my attention and I did love the character development of June.