A review by leili_vee
UMO by K. Patrick Donoghue

2.0

I wasn’t expecting much but I was hoping… firstly, this story got real unrealistic real quick. His depiction of military/NASA/astronauts and the bureaucracy/regulations surrounding them is waaaayyyyyy off, as in, completely unbelievable. That huge problem aside, this short story promises to give an account of chilling first contact, but it really doesn’t. There is minor contact, but I didn’t find it to be chilling, meaningful, or profound in any way. Lastly, some of the characters jump to conclusions, and I mean like, take a huge leap into an EV suit and out the nearest airlock without a tether (pun entirely intended) jumping. The narration of the audio version really contributed to the boringness of this story, too.