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Mars One
by Jonathan Maberry
Content Rating: yellow
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This is a book about the preparation, launch, and journey to Mars, but don’t come here expecting a story about actually living on Mars. It’s a solid, well-researched, and enjoyable YA sci-fi novel turned thriller. The idea of
I really debated whether or not to tag this book as “feminist.” I think the heart of it is feminist because it actively values men and women of all ages and races equally. I greatly appreciate that the women are allowed to be people: flawed, skilled, equal to men in every way.
Only one slip-up in my opinion where it crossed a line, and please allow me a small tangent here, but I am very tired of guys (fictional or irl) “looking out” for the girls in their lives by vetting their new boyfriends, promising to kill them if they ever hurt them, etc. It’s a very tired trope that deserves to get pushed out of an airlock. I’ve got news for the dudes in this book: Girls know how to look out for ourselves, it’s how we survive. And if our hearts get broken, we know how to take care of that, too.
Okay, tangent over.
Otherwise, I was fairly impressed by the overall feeling of equality. Characters of color aren’t demonized, even though one is the antagonist for a large part of the book. The ambitious “cold” mother isn’t demonized either, when she could’ve easily been. I can only hope this signals a new beginning for the white/cis/male authored sci-fi genre.
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bullying, conflict w/ parent, cultural appropriation, fighting, gore, infection outbreak (death), misogyny, murder (graphic), s-word (s*ssy), terrorismThis is a book about the preparation, launch, and journey to Mars, but don’t come here expecting a story about actually living on Mars. It’s a solid, well-researched, and enjoyable YA sci-fi novel turned thriller. The idea of
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being trapped in space with undercover terrorists is genuinely terrifying to me. And the book made it even more freaky than I could’ve possibly imagined. There’s a lot of creative ways you can get killed on a spaceship, y’all.I really debated whether or not to tag this book as “feminist.” I think the heart of it is feminist because it actively values men and women of all ages and races equally. I greatly appreciate that the women are allowed to be people: flawed, skilled, equal to men in every way.
Only one slip-up in my opinion where it crossed a line, and please allow me a small tangent here, but I am very tired of guys (fictional or irl) “looking out” for the girls in their lives by vetting their new boyfriends, promising to kill them if they ever hurt them, etc. It’s a very tired trope that deserves to get pushed out of an airlock. I’ve got news for the dudes in this book: Girls know how to look out for ourselves, it’s how we survive. And if our hearts get broken, we know how to take care of that, too.
Okay, tangent over.
Otherwise, I was fairly impressed by the overall feeling of equality. Characters of color aren’t demonized, even though one is the antagonist for a large part of the book. The ambitious “cold” mother isn’t demonized either, when she could’ve easily been. I can only hope this signals a new beginning for the white/cis/male authored sci-fi genre.