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A review by spieroz
Mars by Ben Bova
Did not finish book.
2.0
ABANDONED.
At 90% of the way through I gave up. The general exploration and wonder was enough to keep me going. The racism was frustrating throughout, but at least I could see it was written from a point of "this is silly". The sex discussions throughout, the focus from basically every character was just too much and just got worse and worse.
The exploration and science plot, while good, the character flaws and procedure flaws were just too much to justify what would really be in this mission.
When despite all the danger, there was another reference to "hows your love life" - I had enough. Its not worth finishing. 2 Stars because clearly it gave me enough to bother getting through 90%.
At 90% of the way through I gave up. The general exploration and wonder was enough to keep me going. The racism was frustrating throughout, but at least I could see it was written from a point of "this is silly". The sex discussions throughout, the focus from basically every character was just too much and just got worse and worse.
The exploration and science plot, while good, the character flaws and procedure flaws were just too much to justify what would really be in this mission.
When despite all the danger, there was another reference to "hows your love life" - I had enough. Its not worth finishing. 2 Stars because clearly it gave me enough to bother getting through 90%.