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A review by natyweiss
Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger
4.0
-ARC provided by publisher in exchange for honest review-
This book is so clever. The story is about an American astronaut Beckwith, that when the rest of the crew has to abandon the ISS due to a technical crisis, she decides to stay behind to raise awareness about Brazilian president's plan to push native amazonian people out using fires. Beckwith's neice Sonia is in Brazil on a humanitarian medical mission.
I'm not a huge SciFi reader but this book caught my attention from the cover and I enjoyed it all along the journey. The characters are very relatable (yes!; even the astronauts) because their inner conflicts are deeply humane. I enjoyed particularly the likeness of some specific characters with their real life counterparts (i.e. Jair Bolsonaro) and how, in essence, the book is a wake up call and a critic from an unexpected point of view.
Highly intense but easy to read. A page turner.
This book is so clever. The story is about an American astronaut Beckwith, that when the rest of the crew has to abandon the ISS due to a technical crisis, she decides to stay behind to raise awareness about Brazilian president's plan to push native amazonian people out using fires. Beckwith's neice Sonia is in Brazil on a humanitarian medical mission.
I'm not a huge SciFi reader but this book caught my attention from the cover and I enjoyed it all along the journey. The characters are very relatable (yes!; even the astronauts) because their inner conflicts are deeply humane. I enjoyed particularly the likeness of some specific characters with their real life counterparts (i.e. Jair Bolsonaro) and how, in essence, the book is a wake up call and a critic from an unexpected point of view.
Highly intense but easy to read. A page turner.