Reviews

The Last Astronaut by David Wellington

rebelkiss's review

4.0

The author kept referring to a 56 year old woman as ‘an old
Woman.’

heliofoe's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is horror sci-fi. I typically read sci-fi, but not horror. It's not my type of thing, because in horror people always have to do nonsensical things, and a lot of time is spent on describing horrific things that mostly bore me. 

Having said that the first contact elements are interesting and the survival elements kept me going. 

It doesn't surpass it's genre, which is a genre I don't enjoy, but if you do it's a solid 3/5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

magicmargot's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was fine. I was interested enough to keep reading and I liked the premise. I think the character were a little blah, but I'm not sure how much character work is really necessary for this kind of story that's pretty straightforward and isn't trying to be an expansive tale. Would I recommend it? Um. Sure. Give it a try if you're looking for a space adventure you can blaze through and doesn't require any real investment from you as the reader.

mjporterauthor's review

4.0

I had high hopes that The Last Astronaut would be as good The Martian, and for at least 50-60% of the book, I was really impressed with the character development and the storyline itself. I don't read a lot of sci-fi books, but this did have me hooked. From then on, I felt as though the story got a bit bogged down and slightly repetitive. It also adopted some quite stereotypical character development issues and my enthusiasm for the book wained quite dramatically. I did finish it, and the ending was reasonably satisfying, but it didn't quite have the 'wow' factor I was hoping for.
A firm 4/5 - the beginning was a 5/5 but the ending was only a 3/5. Perhaps cutting 20% from the ending would have made the read much faster and maintained the momentum built up at the beginning. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for a review copy

krittershausen's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

shawniebooks's review

3.0

This didn't give me what I was hoping for. I wanted thrill and horror and that creepy feeling.

joaniffer's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ravensilvertongue's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

artlyon's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Once the main characters arrive where they're going, this becomes a real page- turner. Because of the premise, there's no way to know what will happen next! 

sarlytheplatypus's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0