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Contagion
by Amanda Milo
3⭐️ Germaphobe alien gets abducted and finds himself in the middle of nowhere... Now, what could go wrong?
Simmi is a scientist whose life revolves around obsessive cleanliness and sanitary spaces, until he's abducted by three humans and taken from his home planet. After a fortuitous explosion that frees him and pulverises his kidnappers, he tries to find his way out of the ship he's in... only to find he's not the only being the attackers had aboard. Now, next to human female named Aurora, Simmi needs to find a way to return home and survive the wilds of a new and unknown planet.
This novella was cute, and although I have the same complaint I had with Contaminated which is that I don't think there's enough chemistry between Simmi and Aurora, this was a fun read. I cannot begin to imagine how difficult life would be if anyone where to have Simmi's level of neurosis, but reading about it was enjoyable - especially when he forgot about germs because, well, kisses! (I don't know how realistic that is, but it was cute). Aurora's carelessness paired with her humour and infinite patience was the perfect counterpart to Simmi's OCD induced rambles.
Not the best alien story I've ever read, but definitively not the worst.
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Simmi is a scientist whose life revolves around obsessive cleanliness and sanitary spaces, until he's abducted by three humans and taken from his home planet. After a fortuitous explosion that frees him and pulverises his kidnappers, he tries to find his way out of the ship he's in... only to find he's not the only being the attackers had aboard. Now, next to human female named Aurora, Simmi needs to find a way to return home and survive the wilds of a new and unknown planet.
This novella was cute, and although I have the same complaint I had with Contaminated which is that I don't think there's enough chemistry between Simmi and Aurora, this was a fun read. I cannot begin to imagine how difficult life would be if anyone where to have Simmi's level of neurosis, but reading about it was enjoyable - especially when he forgot about germs because, well, kisses! (I don't know how realistic that is, but it was cute). Aurora's carelessness paired with her humour and infinite patience was the perfect counterpart to Simmi's OCD induced rambles.
Not the best alien story I've ever read, but definitively not the worst.
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5