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adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have always loved, like the moon loves the earth. Now I know how the earth loves the moon ❤️
Can you imagine never seeing a bird fluttering by? Never feeling the breeze on your face? Never experiencing a sunset overhead? Never eating ice cream? Leo, and his friends Orion and Libra, were born to female astronauts and raised on the satellite Moon 2 circling above Earth. NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the ISS, and space exploration as we know it are all defunct and now owned by the Company. Leo, who is fascinated by all things science and math, and his friends are not allowed to leave the station until their 16th birthday to allow their bodies to grow strong enough to deal with re-entry (entry?) into Earth and Earth’s gravity.
The book takes some surprising twists and turns and does not at all end where I expected. Leo’s fascination with the tiniest details on Earth really get me thinking about how much I take for granted, not only as a privileged American, but simply as a citizen of Earth. From seeing the amazing animals, the sky and weather patterns, food, water...and so many other details of life through Leo’s eyes, it made me appreciate what we have so much more. Not just material possessions, but more the world around us. Water is amazing! What would we do without it? The air is amazing! It’s perfectly balanced so it doesn’t kill us. Creation is amazing! So many amazing creatures with amazing abilities and...this book makes you want to gush just a bit.
I give this book 8 out of 10 for overall enjoyment, and a 3 out of 5 for easy read. It’s a great read that explores deep themes that really got me thinking.
To see more of our thoughts, check out our blog: https://bedroopedbookworms.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/satellite-by-nick-lake/
The book takes some surprising twists and turns and does not at all end where I expected. Leo’s fascination with the tiniest details on Earth really get me thinking about how much I take for granted, not only as a privileged American, but simply as a citizen of Earth. From seeing the amazing animals, the sky and weather patterns, food, water...and so many other details of life through Leo’s eyes, it made me appreciate what we have so much more. Not just material possessions, but more the world around us. Water is amazing! What would we do without it? The air is amazing! It’s perfectly balanced so it doesn’t kill us. Creation is amazing! So many amazing creatures with amazing abilities and...this book makes you want to gush just a bit.
I give this book 8 out of 10 for overall enjoyment, and a 3 out of 5 for easy read. It’s a great read that explores deep themes that really got me thinking.
To see more of our thoughts, check out our blog: https://bedroopedbookworms.wordpress.com/2018/02/11/satellite-by-nick-lake/
I didn't know whether I should give this book 4 or 5 stars but ultimately I decided on 5 stars and let me explain why I loved this book so much, even though it wasn't really something I usually read.
The story itself, about people being born in space and coming down to earth for the first time, intrigued me, especially with the "He's going to a place he's never been before - Home" quote on the cover of the book. And the cover alone is gorgeous and I couldn't not buy it.
When I first opened the book and started reading it, I was kind of startled by the way it was written. Everything lowercase, many abbreviations and so on. The beginning of the book was also packed with a LOT of physics, which I did not understand and I wasn't exactly put off by it, but it just wasn't what I expected at all. The story is told from Leo's perspective and he is kind of telling us the story. It does not play in the present. Everything that is in the book has basically already happened. I liked Leo from the start.He was such a sweet and curios kid, fascinated with space and very into physics and becoming an astronaut. All of the secondary characters were pretty well developed too, although Libra and Orion did feel kind of like stereotypes at the beginning. But they had these little quirks and mannerisms that made them unique and lovable.
I also like that the story is not focused on romance at all. I do like to read romance books, but I read them a lot, so reading this was refreshing. There were some hints about possible love interests for Leo, which were all male btw and he did talk about his sexuality being gay in some aspects (mentioning that he wants to kiss boys/how attractive boys are, telling Libra he will never have kids in the conventional way, etc), but he never outright labeled himself and I loved that, because this book wasn't about that; that was not the focus, just a nice thing to include.
The story didn't really pick up until 2/3rds into the book, but the second it did, shit went down quickly. It was very tense and action packed and I loved every minute of it. I couldn't stop reading it, it was very gripping.
One of the deaths in this book hit me really hard as well. I am still not over it btw. I don't think I'll ever be over it.
The ending was also very, very beautiful. The words Nick Lake chose fit the mood perfectly and I just loved his writing. I couldn't have asked for a better way to end it and it made me tear up as well.
I know this review is all over the place, but in my defense I literally just finished the book and just had to write this review immediately.
In conclusion: The book has its weaknesses. Slow start, a lot of physics/space talk I didn't fully understand, the death of a character I loved (it was very sweet but one of the jokes they made wan't very fitting. He was literally dying), words that describe a sound (e.g.: "shhh", "click", etc.) being used very often.
But despite its, what might seem like, many flaws, it has many strong points as well:
Great characters, interesting and inventive story, immersive and made me emotional, satisfying ending, action (but not too much of it), great relationship dynamics, Nick Lake seemed very knowledgeable, etc.
I loved this book from start to finish. I loved Leo and Libra and Orion from start to finish. It was a wonderful reading experience and I would recommend this book to anyone, no matter how different their usual taste in books might be.
I got lost in this world and I wish I could meet the characters in it. It has so many beautiful quotes in it and asked some hart hitting questions. Amazing book. Amazing Author.
The story itself, about people being born in space and coming down to earth for the first time, intrigued me, especially with the "He's going to a place he's never been before - Home" quote on the cover of the book. And the cover alone is gorgeous and I couldn't not buy it.
When I first opened the book and started reading it, I was kind of startled by the way it was written. Everything lowercase, many abbreviations and so on. The beginning of the book was also packed with a LOT of physics, which I did not understand and I wasn't exactly put off by it, but it just wasn't what I expected at all. The story is told from Leo's perspective and he is kind of telling us the story. It does not play in the present. Everything that is in the book has basically already happened. I liked Leo from the start.He was such a sweet and curios kid, fascinated with space and very into physics and becoming an astronaut. All of the secondary characters were pretty well developed too, although Libra and Orion did feel kind of like stereotypes at the beginning. But they had these little quirks and mannerisms that made them unique and lovable.
I also like that the story is not focused on romance at all. I do like to read romance books, but I read them a lot, so reading this was refreshing. There were some hints about possible love interests for Leo, which were all male btw and he did talk about his sexuality being gay in some aspects (mentioning that he wants to kiss boys/how attractive boys are, telling Libra he will never have kids in the conventional way, etc), but he never outright labeled himself and I loved that, because this book wasn't about that; that was not the focus, just a nice thing to include.
The story didn't really pick up until 2/3rds into the book, but the second it did, shit went down quickly. It was very tense and action packed and I loved every minute of it. I couldn't stop reading it, it was very gripping.
One of the deaths in this book hit me really hard as well. I am still not over it btw. I don't think I'll ever be over it.
The ending was also very, very beautiful. The words Nick Lake chose fit the mood perfectly and I just loved his writing. I couldn't have asked for a better way to end it and it made me tear up as well.
I know this review is all over the place, but in my defense I literally just finished the book and just had to write this review immediately.
In conclusion: The book has its weaknesses. Slow start, a lot of physics/space talk I didn't fully understand, the death of a character I loved (it was very sweet but one of the jokes they made wan't very fitting. He was literally dying), words that describe a sound (e.g.: "shhh", "click", etc.) being used very often.
But despite its, what might seem like, many flaws, it has many strong points as well:
Great characters, interesting and inventive story, immersive and made me emotional, satisfying ending, action (but not too much of it), great relationship dynamics, Nick Lake seemed very knowledgeable, etc.
I loved this book from start to finish. I loved Leo and Libra and Orion from start to finish. It was a wonderful reading experience and I would recommend this book to anyone, no matter how different their usual taste in books might be.
I got lost in this world and I wish I could meet the characters in it. It has so many beautiful quotes in it and asked some hart hitting questions. Amazing book. Amazing Author.
kinda like an andy weir book with all the science but weird writing style. I liked it
This book totally surprised me. An enjoyable read.
Will do a better review when I can be bothered, because i have a lot of things to say.
Will do a better review when I can be bothered, because i have a lot of things to say.
medium-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I didn't care for the text speak. And the book can be summarized as main character was born on space station, finally gets to come to Earth. Main character does not adjust well to Earth, goes back to space station. Fairly lackluster.
slow-paced
I gave this 5 stars because even though I found the text-speak writing to be difficult to read (I DON'T even text in text speak because I have one of those phones where you can swipe the word, which doesn't take any longer than text shortcuts, besides which I think it's just plain lazy - seriously, nobody's time is that important that they can't at least attempt to spell correctly), I thought the book terrific.
It's for teens, so it has teen issues - relationships with their peers, relationships with adults, proving themselves, etc. - and I think that's done really well. Also it's science fiction with the chief protagonists having been born on a space station orbiting Earth. The plan has always been to ready them for an eventual return to Earth, but it's feared that youthful bodies won't take the transition. Now's the time though, and they find a lot more than that to deal with.
It's for teens, so it has teen issues - relationships with their peers, relationships with adults, proving themselves, etc. - and I think that's done really well. Also it's science fiction with the chief protagonists having been born on a space station orbiting Earth. The plan has always been to ready them for an eventual return to Earth, but it's feared that youthful bodies won't take the transition. Now's the time though, and they find a lot more than that to deal with.