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A review by bookbloggingforfun
Satellite by Nick Lake
2.0
2.5*
**First off thank you so much to Penguin Random House for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review, I’m sorry it took me such a long time to review!**
The characters were honestly the best part of the book. Our main character, Leo, was easy a likeable main character. Libra and Orion, the twins, had a great relationship with Leo. I liked how Libra loved gardening and just how brave the 3 of them were. Also, this book had great representation because Leo was LGBT and it was great that everyone was accepting of it. It was nice to see Leo and his relationship with his mother start to grow as they get to know a little more about each other. Finally, my favourite character was probably his Grandpa. He was super cool, I mean he was an astronaut! Now he has a farm, and sort of mellowed down, but seeing how much he cared about Leo was incredible.
The plot is where I felt I disconnected with the book. The first thing was how it was told in text-to-speech. I, personally, prefer just a normal book, so just having no capitals and spelling ‘see’ like ‘c’ and ‘you’re’ like ‘u’re’ just messed me up. The pacing also felt very off. The beginning felt really slow for some reason. I think that the last third of the book was better paced but the first two thirds varied from very interesting to very slow. The first hundred pages were, honestly, very hard to get through, and I felt as if I had to push through it, which affected my enjoyment of the book. From the very beginning the book felt very predicable. I’ve seen similar plots in a movie I watched recently, and the book ended practically the same way. Finally, since I am a science nerd, hearing the synopsis, and seeing the beautiful starry cover made me expect a lot more of the space-related part of this novel, however, sadly, I was let down.
Overall, I think the characters were great, however the plot just wasn’t for me. The pacing felt extremely off, some parts I just honestly felt like I was dragging through the book. The book felt very predictable, and honestly, my expectations were let down because I assumed that this book would’ve been more space related, and faster-paced. On that note, I understand why people may have enjoyed this book. The characters were great, and if you can push past the very slow parts, it can get a bit interesting. However, I just don’t think that the book was for me at this time. I'd recommend it to you, If you want a diverse read, if you don’t mind the text to speech writing style, and if you’re in the mood for something light or a slower read.
**First off thank you so much to Penguin Random House for sending me this book in exchange for an honest review, I’m sorry it took me such a long time to review!**
The characters were honestly the best part of the book. Our main character, Leo, was easy a likeable main character. Libra and Orion, the twins, had a great relationship with Leo. I liked how Libra loved gardening and just how brave the 3 of them were. Also, this book had great representation because Leo was LGBT and it was great that everyone was accepting of it. It was nice to see Leo and his relationship with his mother start to grow as they get to know a little more about each other. Finally, my favourite character was probably his Grandpa. He was super cool, I mean he was an astronaut! Now he has a farm, and sort of mellowed down, but seeing how much he cared about Leo was incredible.
The plot is where I felt I disconnected with the book. The first thing was how it was told in text-to-speech. I, personally, prefer just a normal book, so just having no capitals and spelling ‘see’ like ‘c’ and ‘you’re’ like ‘u’re’ just messed me up. The pacing also felt very off. The beginning felt really slow for some reason. I think that the last third of the book was better paced but the first two thirds varied from very interesting to very slow. The first hundred pages were, honestly, very hard to get through, and I felt as if I had to push through it, which affected my enjoyment of the book. From the very beginning the book felt very predicable. I’ve seen similar plots in a movie I watched recently, and the book ended practically the same way. Finally, since I am a science nerd, hearing the synopsis, and seeing the beautiful starry cover made me expect a lot more of the space-related part of this novel, however, sadly, I was let down.
Overall, I think the characters were great, however the plot just wasn’t for me. The pacing felt extremely off, some parts I just honestly felt like I was dragging through the book. The book felt very predictable, and honestly, my expectations were let down because I assumed that this book would’ve been more space related, and faster-paced. On that note, I understand why people may have enjoyed this book. The characters were great, and if you can push past the very slow parts, it can get a bit interesting. However, I just don’t think that the book was for me at this time. I'd recommend it to you, If you want a diverse read, if you don’t mind the text to speech writing style, and if you’re in the mood for something light or a slower read.