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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Alone by Skye MacKinnon
4.0
So, Indie Writers, this is how promo works: I got this e-mail with a link to a test to find out which books of these authors would be perfect for me. I’m a sucker for tests, so I took it and at the end this book was recommended. It took me a whole five minutes to visit amazon and order the booklet. So, your promo: I promise, it’s working!
And I really don’t regret getting this little book. It was a very quick read and a very short one and yet the atmosphere crafted in this book is amazing. The mixture of heartbreak, pain, stress and grief with hope and determination was amazingly well written and well done and I really felt for Louise, the dilemmas she faced and the choices she made.
That’s also because the author really managed to build a world without going into too many details. We get a clear image of the situation on earth (probably explored later?) and the situation on Mars. It’s quite an accomplishment to make the world building, especially in dystopian sci-fi, work in such a short book and I’m really impressed.
Especially because also the characters, surprisingly enough, got a personality of their own. Of course, we get to know Louise best, because we’re in her head and following her daily routines, but despite the plot we also get a clear image of the six man she’s bonding with and how attached she feels to them because of different reasons.
This was a really well done short story!
And I really don’t regret getting this little book. It was a very quick read and a very short one and yet the atmosphere crafted in this book is amazing. The mixture of heartbreak, pain, stress and grief with hope and determination was amazingly well written and well done and I really felt for Louise, the dilemmas she faced and the choices she made.
That’s also because the author really managed to build a world without going into too many details. We get a clear image of the situation on earth (probably explored later?) and the situation on Mars. It’s quite an accomplishment to make the world building, especially in dystopian sci-fi, work in such a short book and I’m really impressed.
Especially because also the characters, surprisingly enough, got a personality of their own. Of course, we get to know Louise best, because we’re in her head and following her daily routines, but despite the plot we also get a clear image of the six man she’s bonding with and how attached she feels to them because of different reasons.
This was a really well done short story!