Humanity thinks it is the only intelligent species in our Galaxy. Boy, were they wrong. Excellent First Contact story with a 17-year-old female as the lead character. This is book one of a series in which apparently all can stand alone.
I chuckled when reading about the female author saying that as a young girl she had a horrible day at the library when she realized she had read all the books about horses. So she looked at other books and found one with a space ship on its cover. She started reading it and was hooked on Sci-Fi.
I chuckled when reading about the female author saying that as a young girl she had a horrible day at the library when she realized she had read all the books about horses. So she looked at other books and found one with a space ship on its cover. She started reading it and was hooked on Sci-Fi.
Great first contact Science Fiction for the young and very young at heart. This series is a great sentimental favorite for many adult readers. I think I made the mistake of missing it when I was younger.
I do like YA fiction (though admittedly I can be pretty picky about it) but this one seemed to be written for an even younger audience. The lack of nuance and the large dose of naivete that ran through the narrative, dominated it actually, put me off and I could not finish it.
Since I missed any sort of similar criticism when I was looking into purchasing this book on Audible (with all its glowing reviews), I thought I'd just leave this here to either spare or inspire others. For what it's worth, I'd probably buy the whole series for a young person.
Two star rating for me, but it's four stars for young people; so I'm giving it three to be fair.
I do like YA fiction (though admittedly I can be pretty picky about it) but this one seemed to be written for an even younger audience. The lack of nuance and the large dose of naivete that ran through the narrative, dominated it actually, put me off and I could not finish it.
Since I missed any sort of similar criticism when I was looking into purchasing this book on Audible (with all its glowing reviews), I thought I'd just leave this here to either spare or inspire others. For what it's worth, I'd probably buy the whole series for a young person.
Two star rating for me, but it's four stars for young people; so I'm giving it three to be fair.
