librarygal64 's review for:

3.0

I have not read any other of the stories in the "Forward" series nor have I read any other Towles books. I read this without anything else to compare it to.
I thought the story had an impressive and interesting twist to the usual sci-fi/baby engineering story that we have all seen or read. I felt for Sam as he was hit with information he clearly was not prepared for. I found myself getting more and more anxious as his time at Vitek progressed.
My disappointment began after Sam left Vitek. I know that it is a short story, and by definition, only has so much story to tell. But like other reviewers mentioned, the ending seemed rushed and, well, unfinished. There were small tangents that seemed like a whisper of a bigger story that would never be told. It left me unsatisfied.