A review by lindy_b
Before Mars by Emma Newman

3.0

Lacking in both the depth of character of [b:Planetfall|24237785|Planetfall (Planetfall, #1)|Emma Newman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1424627926s/24237785.jpg|43823353] or the breakneck pace of [b:After Atlas|28361265|After Atlas (Planetfall, #2)|Emma Newman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1456689269s/28361265.jpg|48430277], Before Mars is a decent addition to the series that makes me anxious to see if and how Emma Newman will finish it all up. I appreciated the stuff about alienation from motherhood/womanhood more generally, but both the hook and major revelation are oddly similar to a story I wrote in seventh grade after reading ten PKD stories in a weekend, which is to say, not interesting to me at this point, especially considering the middle section also gave me [b:Solaris|95558|Solaris|Stanisław Lem|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1498631519s/95558.jpg|3333881] vibes.