A review by innerweststreetlibrarian
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this one! The combination of elite pregnant astronauts in space meets tense murder mystery meets dystopian climate disaster with a dash of high school and family relationship drama is the book I didn’t know I needed right now. I burned through it in 2 days, and was quite a good counterpoint to Orbital which I have been reading slowly for months now, about astronauts living on the international space station without any of the associated drama but definitely some parallels with the philosophical musings across both. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Pandemic/Epidemic