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Darlah - 172 timer på månen
by Johan Harstad
This book is a 3.5 for me.
There's something scary on the moon. And NASA is going back there, with three teenagers on board. Needless to say, stuff gets scary.
I have got two opinions on this book. 1, I loved it, and 2. I'm not sure what to think. The book is in a sense divided into two parts, the first is on earth, and the second on the moon. The first part is unnecessarily long. We know they're going to be picked, so can't we just get it over with? In the end, though, there are somepretty scary events on earth as well, and the first chapter is scary in itself.
They get to the moon, finally. It's great,it's scary and it's big. But something about the characters and the dialogue was nagging me while reading. It seemed unnatural, and I didn't quite get a feeling for the people that I went to the moon with. They were during these first hours on the moon talking quite a lot, and some of it went a bit like, "as we all know ..." Seriously, nobody talks like that. If we know it, we don't have to talk about it. Johan Harstad unfortunately does a bit of headhopping in this part as well. In one paragraph, we cansee stuff from Mia's POV, and the nextwe're in Coleman's head. I don't like this!
In the end, though, what saves the book for me is the horror part. Man, I was glued in the final parts of the story when stuff's going downhill, fast! What really struck me in the aftermath of reading this book, was that in one sequence, when Mia and Midori are together and something scary happens, one sentence actually made my heart skip a beat. I don't read much horror, but that is something I've never experienced before. What happened was so unnerving, so scary and so amazing. The end really satisfied me. It's scary. And it's good.
There's something scary on the moon. And NASA is going back there, with three teenagers on board. Needless to say, stuff gets scary.
I have got two opinions on this book. 1, I loved it, and 2. I'm not sure what to think. The book is in a sense divided into two parts, the first is on earth, and the second on the moon. The first part is unnecessarily long. We know they're going to be picked, so can't we just get it over with? In the end, though, there are somepretty scary events on earth as well, and the first chapter is scary in itself.
They get to the moon, finally. It's great,it's scary and it's big. But something about the characters and the dialogue was nagging me while reading. It seemed unnatural, and I didn't quite get a feeling for the people that I went to the moon with. They were during these first hours on the moon talking quite a lot, and some of it went a bit like, "as we all know ..." Seriously, nobody talks like that. If we know it, we don't have to talk about it. Johan Harstad unfortunately does a bit of headhopping in this part as well. In one paragraph, we cansee stuff from Mia's POV, and the nextwe're in Coleman's head. I don't like this!
In the end, though, what saves the book for me is the horror part. Man, I was glued in the final parts of the story when stuff's going downhill, fast! What really struck me in the aftermath of reading this book, was that in one sequence, when Mia and Midori are together and something scary happens, one sentence actually made my heart skip a beat. I don't read much horror, but that is something I've never experienced before. What happened was so unnerving, so scary and so amazing. The end really satisfied me. It's scary. And it's good.