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See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
4.0

oh, ‘see you in the cosmos’ is so so so special :’)

it told a story of an astronomy-loving kid named alex petroski and his adventures and oh my god his story just warms my heart. it was written in a journal-ish format (cause he was recording his journey on his golden iPod which he’ll take to space for outer space creatures to listen to) and it really felt like alex was taking me along through his adventures!! its so so endearing, and i really enjoyed reading every single page of this book!!

as a person who’s also a sucker for astronomy, i just wanna hug alex so bad :’) i wanna be his frienddd i wanna come along with him and carl sagan and terra and idk lmao reading this just sorta made me feel like i was looking at the world through a kid’s eyes again and honestly, i needed that :’)

now i cant stop thinking about the aliens who will receive the recordings being like “oooh a cryptic message sent from earth” and they spend a lot of time and energy translating it to their language and finding out that its a heartwarming story of a boy’s adventure :’)

i highly highly recommend it!!! its such a light read, though the topics arent very light (there are a few discussions about mental health issues) but it’s incredibly easy to read and love <3