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In the Quick
by Kate Hope Day
3.5 stars
So I think that the synopsis/description of this book did the book itself a great disservice. "A young, ambitious female astronaut’s life is upended by a love affair that threatens the rescue of a lost crew in this brilliantly imagined novel “with echoes of Station Eleven, The Martian, and, yes, Jane Eyre” - but.....this is not the point of the novel! She's not that ambitious, her life is not upended by a love affair, the love affair does not really threaten the rescue of the crew, and it DEFINITELY is not like Station Eleven... It makes me crazy when publishers do this type of jacket copy, and it shouldn't have anything to do with my review of the book, except that it sets expectations for a book that it ultimately, is not. The synopsis made such a big deal about her love affair with James, which I don't think is a spoiler to say is a very small, and ultimately unimportant part of the book. The book would have been the same (*whispers* maybe better) without the love affair, because the interesting parts were the space/math/science stuff - words I honestly thought I would never say.
I found this to be the unique type of book that while I was reading it, I found it hard to put down, and it was a very quick page turner. Once I set it down though, it quickly lost my interest and I found it hard to pick back up. I think the good writing and the very interesting character of June kept my interest but ultimately, the plot was a little bit of a let-down.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Out now!
So I think that the synopsis/description of this book did the book itself a great disservice. "A young, ambitious female astronaut’s life is upended by a love affair that threatens the rescue of a lost crew in this brilliantly imagined novel “with echoes of Station Eleven, The Martian, and, yes, Jane Eyre” - but.....this is not the point of the novel! She's not that ambitious, her life is not upended by a love affair, the love affair does not really threaten the rescue of the crew, and it DEFINITELY is not like Station Eleven... It makes me crazy when publishers do this type of jacket copy, and it shouldn't have anything to do with my review of the book, except that it sets expectations for a book that it ultimately, is not. The synopsis made such a big deal about her love affair with James, which I don't think is a spoiler to say is a very small, and ultimately unimportant part of the book. The book would have been the same (*whispers* maybe better) without the love affair, because the interesting parts were the space/math/science stuff - words I honestly thought I would never say.
I found this to be the unique type of book that while I was reading it, I found it hard to put down, and it was a very quick page turner. Once I set it down though, it quickly lost my interest and I found it hard to pick back up. I think the good writing and the very interesting character of June kept my interest but ultimately, the plot was a little bit of a let-down.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Out now!