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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
Oof. This book was so disappointing. I had such high expectations for this book only to find it completely mediocre by the end.
The plot is just overly simplistic and it didn't really make a lot of sense. I don't mean that in the sense that it was confusing, but that it wasn't necessarily logical. I didn't understand most of the characters's motivations and the whole political system of the ship made no sense. I have a hard time believing that a civilization could run the way this collection of ships did. It made no sense to me.
Another thing I didn't like was how the whole rich oppressing the poor tension was used more as a plot device rather than a thoughtful discussion. The characters make such a big deal about the class tensions yet they never do anything about it other than talk about how they hate it. By the end, it's all forgotten. If you're going to make poverty and rich privilege a central topic in your story, you need to do something with it other than have characters say "oh, yeah that's bad". Otherwise it looks like you're just trying to be woke without doing any of the work.
A lot of important plot points resolved in such convinient ways that it just made me roll my eyes. Everything happened by chance and had no real risk for the characters. In fact, the more I think about this book, the more I realize how sloppy the whole thing is. It felt like the author tried to do a lot of things without actually putting effort into it. I hate saying that about authors because I know how much heart and soul goes into a book. I'm not trying to dig at the author, but I cannot ignore how weak this book is.
Now, i did enjoy the romance, which is the only reason this is getting two stars. I'm a sucker for second chance romances and I think the romance was done pretty well. Other than that, I just could not get behind this book.
The plot is just overly simplistic and it didn't really make a lot of sense. I don't mean that in the sense that it was confusing, but that it wasn't necessarily logical. I didn't understand most of the characters's motivations and the whole political system of the ship made no sense. I have a hard time believing that a civilization could run the way this collection of ships did. It made no sense to me.
Another thing I didn't like was how the whole rich oppressing the poor tension was used more as a plot device rather than a thoughtful discussion. The characters make such a big deal about the class tensions yet they never do anything about it other than talk about how they hate it. By the end, it's all forgotten. If you're going to make poverty and rich privilege a central topic in your story, you need to do something with it other than have characters say "oh, yeah that's bad". Otherwise it looks like you're just trying to be woke without doing any of the work.
A lot of important plot points resolved in such convinient ways that it just made me roll my eyes. Everything happened by chance and had no real risk for the characters. In fact, the more I think about this book, the more I realize how sloppy the whole thing is. It felt like the author tried to do a lot of things without actually putting effort into it. I hate saying that about authors because I know how much heart and soul goes into a book. I'm not trying to dig at the author, but I cannot ignore how weak this book is.
Now, i did enjoy the romance, which is the only reason this is getting two stars. I'm a sucker for second chance romances and I think the romance was done pretty well. Other than that, I just could not get behind this book.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really thought this was going to be my first 5 star read in a while but sadly whilst I did really enjoy it, the momentum that had more hooked died about 2/3s of the way through.
I also predicted both of the ‘twists’ at the end which also disappointed me as it felt like the author had almost played it safe.
Onto the positives this is The Selection in space. I’ll admit that I only picked this book up because of the beautiful cover (yes I am sometimes shallow like that) and therefore had no idea what this was about but I was so surprised at what the storyline was and how much I enjoyed it. I really liked the idea of everyone living on different space stations and it almost being like different countries with separate elections and tracing their heritage to the various countries on Earth also the fact that this ship wasn’t American owned was a lovely change.
Overall I really enjoyed but but I am sad that it didn’t quite hit 5 stars.
I also predicted both of the ‘twists’ at the end which also disappointed me as it felt like the author had almost played it safe.
Onto the positives this is The Selection in space. I’ll admit that I only picked this book up because of the beautiful cover (yes I am sometimes shallow like that) and therefore had no idea what this was about but I was so surprised at what the storyline was and how much I enjoyed it. I really liked the idea of everyone living on different space stations and it almost being like different countries with separate elections and tracing their heritage to the various countries on Earth also the fact that this ship wasn’t American owned was a lovely change.
Overall I really enjoyed but but I am sad that it didn’t quite hit 5 stars.
The cover art and description made this book sound right up my alley. I wasn’t expecting this to be a complete favorite, but thought it would be a nice read. It had fine moments throughout, but the last fourth of the book was so poorly done. The beginning and middle had build ups and enough drama to be ok, but the last part of the book was so bad. Trying to be spoiler free here, but it was so poorly done and ridiculous, it was like the author was like oh well here’s the last part of the book let’s just jam all of these things in just to wrap it up.
I’ve put some time in, and not only did I hate the main characters who you tried to grow with in the book, but they were rude and made poor decisions, yet everything “works” out because you caused enough drama? None of it was fine, but the last fourth of the book was abysmal. The main characters didn’t grow, didn’t learn from anything, were selfish and self-centered the whole time. Wouldn’t recommend anywhere. Wanted to like this book, but the poor writing and the lack of character growth made that difficult.
I’ve put some time in, and not only did I hate the main characters who you tried to grow with in the book, but they were rude and made poor decisions, yet everything “works” out because you caused enough drama? None of it was fine, but the last fourth of the book was abysmal. The main characters didn’t grow, didn’t learn from anything, were selfish and self-centered the whole time. Wouldn’t recommend anywhere. Wanted to like this book, but the poor writing and the lack of character growth made that difficult.
A Persuasion retelling it is not!
This is an ok YA story set in space and the future. I liked the future aspects, everyone lives on spaceships because earth is ruined. And the protagonist is a self made girl, having designed a water irrigation system. And there is love.
But as for being a Persuasion retelling, it is missing many elements! It has the basics, lost love returns, now rich, love letter with agony, jelausy, regrets and love rising again. But in the midts of everything else this book wants to be (dystopian-ish, science fiction, YA, future, LGBT and so on...) the Persuasion element is lost.
And what is it about this book inventing a new swear word, «frex» and «frexing». Use the real word,
This is an ok YA story set in space and the future. I liked the future aspects, everyone lives on spaceships because earth is ruined. And the protagonist is a self made girl, having designed a water irrigation system. And there is love.
But as for being a Persuasion retelling, it is missing many elements! It has the basics, lost love returns, now rich, love letter with agony, jelausy, regrets and love rising again. But in the midts of everything else this book wants to be (dystopian-ish, science fiction, YA, future, LGBT and so on...) the Persuasion element is lost.
And what is it about this book inventing a new swear word, «frex» and «frexing». Use the real word,
I really enjoyed this book and loved that I read it in one sitting!! I really enjoyed the plot line which kept me thoroughly engaged! I had to put the book down at one point to go read errands and the entire time I kept thinking about it and what this character would do next and why couldn't this person just see the truth and what the heck was going on with all that?!? I related a lot to the main character, Leo. A curvy girl who would much rather spend her time reading or in a library than being out socializing and trying to find a husband. Somethings were pretty obvious but I still enjoyed watching it all unfold and how it all unfolds. Plus the world is set in the future where everyone lives on space ships!! I have to say I was fascinated with the world building and how the countries were now different space ships and while there was still "royalty" it was mostly just titles. I'd definitely recommend this book for a good, quick but entertaining read!
I'm hugely glad to see this relatively new genre of sci-fi Austen adaptations, so that's a big win for me. Plus, it's always nice to see Persuasion get some adaptation love.
That said, I'm conflicted about the way the author added an element to the main characters' relationship beyond just reconciliation & learning about each other again--there was an element of "can I trust you?"/wondering if the other is engaged in something amoral or illegal, which is very much not in the vein of the original novel. I can see how it ups the stakes, but it also makes it much easier for the Anne character to walk away from the Wentworth character, which is never supposed to be the point. Although I do like the political message it adds to the story, and I think Austen would approve, too (if maybe request that it be a little more subtle. But I like that it isn't).
That said, I'm conflicted about the way the author added an element to the main characters' relationship beyond just reconciliation & learning about each other again--there was an element of "can I trust you?"/wondering if the other is engaged in something amoral or illegal, which is very much not in the vein of the original novel. I can see how it ups the stakes, but it also makes it much easier for the Anne character to walk away from the Wentworth character, which is never supposed to be the point. Although I do like the political message it adds to the story, and I think Austen would approve, too (if maybe request that it be a little more subtle. But I like that it isn't).
I don’t know why but I’m not invested in the characters of this book. And that’s saying something because I have a huge problem of getting too attached with characters from the book I’m reading, even books I hate! Romance was vital to the plot but I didn’t really feel them between Leo and Elliot (Is it bad I had to really think hard about his name because I’ve already forgotten it minutes after reading