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Originally, I thought this was going to be a book I rated with a one or two, but instead, I am teetering between 2.5 and 3.5. I read the first chapter and put it away for several months (hence why it says started in October), thinking that the grammar was going to ruin it all, but when I finally managed to get past the annoying grammar (trust me it's worth it! Just push through it!) I really enjoyed it. I was reading some comments when I first started the book, most of them saying how they couldn't finish because of the grammar, or because it was too slow once they landed on Earth, however, I am going to say that I thought the opposite. To be one hundred percent honest, I really felt as though the book maintained the same pacing throughout, but maybe that was just me.
So, getting on to my actual rating, I would give this a 2.5 if I was just basing this off what I thought the first half of the book because my brain was just editing how I would have wrote it. What that would have looked like for me was more developed relationships, starting the book years before when it actually started, but I understand why it was important for the story to not give dedicated pages to this. After finishing it, I would now give it a 3.5 because I really truly did enjoy reading this and am proud to have it on my shelf.
So, getting on to my actual rating, I would give this a 2.5 if I was just basing this off what I thought the first half of the book because my brain was just editing how I would have wrote it. What that would have looked like for me was more developed relationships, starting the book years before when it actually started, but I understand why it was important for the story to not give dedicated pages to this. After finishing it, I would now give it a 3.5 because I really truly did enjoy reading this and am proud to have it on my shelf.
All I can say is that I understand Leo so much, and I can't wait to go home in the vastness of the void of the Universe.
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Satellite" takes place in the future, and the main character, Leo, and his two friends, twins Libra and Orion, were born and raised on Moon 2, a space station that orbits the Earth. They are finally allowed to go to Earth, and Leo goes to stay with his grandfather. However, there are many complications due to their bodies being used to the 0g of the space station, and the rest of the book follows Leo's struggle on being on Earth, on "being home". I loved this book, and would recommend it for anyone who is interested in sci-fi, or space, however, the book is formatted in text speak, with no capitalization, 'you' as 'u', and other shorthand spellings, so it may bother some people. Personally, I thought it made it seem more realistic, like Leo was actually writing it.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
- got my copy from NetGalley in exchange for review blah blah blah books... -
I'm not sure what all to make of this book. On the one hand, the story is good and held my interest: three teens born and raised in zero G on a space station come down to Earth and experience things like gravity, getting sick, being outside, etc. for the first time. It's a great fish-out-of-water story and I'm a sucker for fish-out-of-water stories. There's just one problem: the whole thing is written in textspeak.
Seriously, the whole thing. There's no "see" or "you" just "c" and "u" and "ppl" and "dr.ate" instead of "doctorate" and I is never once capitalized. It's annoying and distracting and every time I'd see it, my eye would twitch. I spent this whole book in a state of constant eye-twitching.
But! The story is still pretty cool - it's five minutes into the future, there's no more NASA, it's now privately owned by a mysterious group referred to only as "The Company" (who seem pretty damn shady) which owns the space station, Moon 2, where these kids grew up. This company invested billions of dollars in these kids and yet did not bother to teach them proper grammar...? Again, if you're not able to take a breath and look past the textspeak, you might not make it all the way through this book, which would be a shame, as, again, it's got a good story featuring a protagonist of color and some strong, well-handled LGBTQ themes. Leo (our protagonist)'s first person narration does limit the scope of the story - we get all sorts of hints about something bigger going on outside the kids' world, including conspiracy theories and a major media scandal, but we never really get to see it as The Company keeps the kids pretty tightly in their control. It would've been nice to introduce a second perspective, perhaps from someone within the company, or Leo's mom or grandfather, but since this is Leo's story, you get to take everything in from his eyes.
In goddamned textspeak. Ugh.
Still, this book is worth it despite the textspeak. Though if it were up to me, I would have gotten my editor pen and taken all of that out. It's annoying. But if you can look past the writing (which is pretty hard, since this is a book) Satellite has a really good story behind it. It's got space adventures! I'm a sucker for space adventures.
Good thing I read a kindle edition of this book, if I had gotten a paper copy, I would've gone nuts with my red editing pen.
I'm not sure what all to make of this book. On the one hand, the story is good and held my interest: three teens born and raised in zero G on a space station come down to Earth and experience things like gravity, getting sick, being outside, etc. for the first time. It's a great fish-out-of-water story and I'm a sucker for fish-out-of-water stories. There's just one problem: the whole thing is written in textspeak.
Seriously, the whole thing. There's no "see" or "you" just "c" and "u" and "ppl" and "dr.ate" instead of "doctorate" and I is never once capitalized. It's annoying and distracting and every time I'd see it, my eye would twitch. I spent this whole book in a state of constant eye-twitching.
But! The story is still pretty cool - it's five minutes into the future, there's no more NASA, it's now privately owned by a mysterious group referred to only as "The Company" (who seem pretty damn shady) which owns the space station, Moon 2, where these kids grew up. This company invested billions of dollars in these kids and yet did not bother to teach them proper grammar...? Again, if you're not able to take a breath and look past the textspeak, you might not make it all the way through this book, which would be a shame, as, again, it's got a good story featuring a protagonist of color and some strong, well-handled LGBTQ themes. Leo (our protagonist)'s first person narration does limit the scope of the story - we get all sorts of hints about something bigger going on outside the kids' world, including conspiracy theories and a major media scandal, but we never really get to see it as The Company keeps the kids pretty tightly in their control. It would've been nice to introduce a second perspective, perhaps from someone within the company, or Leo's mom or grandfather, but since this is Leo's story, you get to take everything in from his eyes.
In goddamned textspeak. Ugh.
Still, this book is worth it despite the textspeak. Though if it were up to me, I would have gotten my editor pen and taken all of that out. It's annoying. But if you can look past the writing (which is pretty hard, since this is a book) Satellite has a really good story behind it. It's got space adventures! I'm a sucker for space adventures.
Good thing I read a kindle edition of this book, if I had gotten a paper copy, I would've gone nuts with my red editing pen.
This book is one of those books that blend science fiction and contemporary pretty well and I recommend it....? It's a polarizing read. I would say the first 200 pages or so were enjoyable and it filled every little part of my fangirl heart but as the book ended and things were coming to a conclusion (if you've read the book you know what I mean), that's when things started getting pretty weird and I asked myself "What the frick?" a lot. Nonetheless, though I cried and smiled over parts and the ending made me ask out loud what's the sequel?
emotional
funny
mysterious