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A review by romankurys
Beyond by Maureen A. Miller
2.0
I really am not sure how this get all its 4 and 5 star ratings. While I'd agree that this book had a very good Sci-Fi premise behind it and some really good ideas that could have been built upon...
For once there's an idea that humans aren't unique to Earth as species
There's an idea about the innerworkings of an alien spaceship
There's a possibility to delve deeper into space combat
but no.
Instead all the focus went into the emotional parts of the story with a heavy emphasis on relationship, feelings and just way, and I mean WAY too much gooiness. This sort of reminded me of a simplified Twilight. (Yes...Twilight could be simplified. Just read this one).
Not a huge fan of the book. Will I read Part 2...maybe, just because I have OCD and it's extremely hard for me to not finish something, but I would be doing so with very little enthusiasm.
Roman
For once there's an idea that humans aren't unique to Earth as species
There's an idea about the innerworkings of an alien spaceship
There's a possibility to delve deeper into space combat
but no.
Instead all the focus went into the emotional parts of the story with a heavy emphasis on relationship, feelings and just way, and I mean WAY too much gooiness. This sort of reminded me of a simplified Twilight. (Yes...Twilight could be simplified. Just read this one).
Not a huge fan of the book. Will I read Part 2...maybe, just because I have OCD and it's extremely hard for me to not finish something, but I would be doing so with very little enthusiasm.
Roman