This was a fast-paced novella that maybe was a bit too ambitious for the time it took to tell the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The science fiction backstory seemed pretty interesting to me, but a lot of the background and history is sort of skipped over to concentrate on the scary events happening at the moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because of this the whole story felt rushed to me, and the characters often didn\u2019t have much of a connection with each other. Shouldn\u2019t there be a lot more history between them after living together on a spaceship for most of their lives? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Occasionally the characters made odd choices, and it felt like these choices were to serve the plot rather than them doing what normal logical people would do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think this would have been much better as a full-length novel, but for whatever reason it has been sanded down to a quick story that didn\u2019t really do much for me. It was good for what it was, though: a quick sci-fi read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading The Art Thief by Michael Finkel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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