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A review by julieannasbooks
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
3.0
Thank you to Ace and Netgalley for providing me with an advanced finished copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
It’s true that I love sci-fi combined with just about any other genre, so Station Eternity absolutely caught my eye. And with a premise following a woman who is seemingly surrounded by death all the time, it was hard to resist picking this one up.
The beginning starts with a bang. We’re introduced to Mallory and her strange situation, and the questions pile up as to why she’s plagued with something so unexplainable that she flees Earth. From there, we’re pulled into even more character backstories, including the sentient spaceship Eternity.
While I think this book started out great, I became much less invested in it by the middle. There’s definitely a lot to this book in terms of both the central mystery and the characters involved, and I didn’t find the later introductions to be as interesting as Mallory’s.
While the central characters and their stories in the middle didn’t catch my interest as much, the mystery wraps up well in the end as they further flesh out their stories, with room to develop the story in later parts if you’d like to continue the series.
Being used to space novels mixed with thriller or horror moreso than mystery, Station Eternity provided an interesting change of pace for its setting, even if I wasn’t fully invested all the way through. I’d tend to recommend this more to the traditional mystery fan that’s looking for a change of scenery, yet prefers a slower pace.
It’s true that I love sci-fi combined with just about any other genre, so Station Eternity absolutely caught my eye. And with a premise following a woman who is seemingly surrounded by death all the time, it was hard to resist picking this one up.
The beginning starts with a bang. We’re introduced to Mallory and her strange situation, and the questions pile up as to why she’s plagued with something so unexplainable that she flees Earth. From there, we’re pulled into even more character backstories, including the sentient spaceship Eternity.
While I think this book started out great, I became much less invested in it by the middle. There’s definitely a lot to this book in terms of both the central mystery and the characters involved, and I didn’t find the later introductions to be as interesting as Mallory’s.
While the central characters and their stories in the middle didn’t catch my interest as much, the mystery wraps up well in the end as they further flesh out their stories, with room to develop the story in later parts if you’d like to continue the series.
Being used to space novels mixed with thriller or horror moreso than mystery, Station Eternity provided an interesting change of pace for its setting, even if I wasn’t fully invested all the way through. I’d tend to recommend this more to the traditional mystery fan that’s looking for a change of scenery, yet prefers a slower pace.