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A review by aliciarinko
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder
2.0
In 2471, technology has reached a point where humans can travel from planet to planet, exploring far more of the galaxy than ever imagined before. But, the cost of space travel can be ill-favored as it often means you skip years or decades in ‘Earth Time’. Seventeen-year-old Lyra Daniels is faced with this challenge as she must leave behind yet another group of friends to go to another planet with her archeologist career-driven parents. She vows to stay low and not make any more friends on this new planet, but a mysterious boy and few crew members make that vow hard to keep. And, the on-going case on The Warriors continues to make Lyra get into trouble as the dangers of what they bring unfold.
While this book is suitable for adolescent readers, the lack of teenagers in the books can be off-putting. Lyra befriends about one person near her age, but most of the core characters are adults. This can cause for a bit of disinterest for adolescent readers as there are only about two characters that teenage readers can relate to. While Lyra’s thought-process and sarcastic remarks are very realistic for a seventeen-year-old, her inner dialogue becomes overwhelming and doesn’t allow the reader to fill-in-the-blank as much, thus inhibiting their imagination and interpretation. The world, however, (or universe for that matter) that Maria creates is incredibly complex, realistic, and engaging.
While this book is suitable for adolescent readers, the lack of teenagers in the books can be off-putting. Lyra befriends about one person near her age, but most of the core characters are adults. This can cause for a bit of disinterest for adolescent readers as there are only about two characters that teenage readers can relate to. While Lyra’s thought-process and sarcastic remarks are very realistic for a seventeen-year-old, her inner dialogue becomes overwhelming and doesn’t allow the reader to fill-in-the-blank as much, thus inhibiting their imagination and interpretation. The world, however, (or universe for that matter) that Maria creates is incredibly complex, realistic, and engaging.