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A review by tome15
Satellite by Nick Lake
2.0
Lake, Nick. Satellite. Knopf, 2017.
I grew up reading young adult novels by Robert Heinlein. I did not read them to find out for male bonding issues, family drama, or teenage romances, though they usually contained those elements. I read them to find out how the kids would solve problems. And if I learned something cool along the way, that was a plus. Nick Lake’s Satellite is not a book I would have much cared for as a kid. Set on a near future version of the International Space Station called Moon 2, there should have been a lot of problems for young Leo to solve, but the problem-solving issues are seldom highlighted. Angst is always on top. My young self would have said, ick. My old self thinks—egregiously sentimental. Ick.
I grew up reading young adult novels by Robert Heinlein. I did not read them to find out for male bonding issues, family drama, or teenage romances, though they usually contained those elements. I read them to find out how the kids would solve problems. And if I learned something cool along the way, that was a plus. Nick Lake’s Satellite is not a book I would have much cared for as a kid. Set on a near future version of the International Space Station called Moon 2, there should have been a lot of problems for young Leo to solve, but the problem-solving issues are seldom highlighted. Angst is always on top. My young self would have said, ick. My old self thinks—egregiously sentimental. Ick.