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A review by hollymmcg
Asteroids: Bridge to Nowhere by Mike McCoy, Lori Criswell-Baer, Jim Spivey
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
A debut novel with a well-researched, interesting, and terrifyingly plausible story that suffered from lack of editing and over-explanation.
The author should be applauded for bringing together various storylines and characters in a story that did ultimately have me wanting to read to the end to see how it all wrapped up. Unfortunately the novel significantly struggled with editing and over-explanation of the subject matter. Spelling and grammar mistakes were not caught and distracted from the story. Conversation was stilted and unnatural. Explanations of science, military tactics/equipment, and politics were gone over in far too much detail, completely taking away from what should have been fast-paced and exciting scenes, making them tedious and long winded.
I want to highlight that I appreciate and celebrate the amount of work the author clearly put in to making this book accurate. He's obviously passionate for accuracy and you can tell he wants the story well told. I think he would have benefited from a few more revisions and more editing.
The author should be applauded for bringing together various storylines and characters in a story that did ultimately have me wanting to read to the end to see how it all wrapped up. Unfortunately the novel significantly struggled with editing and over-explanation of the subject matter. Spelling and grammar mistakes were not caught and distracted from the story. Conversation was stilted and unnatural. Explanations of science, military tactics/equipment, and politics were gone over in far too much detail, completely taking away from what should have been fast-paced and exciting scenes, making them tedious and long winded.
I want to highlight that I appreciate and celebrate the amount of work the author clearly put in to making this book accurate. He's obviously passionate for accuracy and you can tell he wants the story well told. I think he would have benefited from a few more revisions and more editing.