I recently tried reading Long Way to a Small Angry Planet since a few people on HN recommended it.
Its pretty terrible. The first few chapters involve the main character literally walking onto a ship, and then tons of exposition about how her alien teamates are all alien in their own individualistic ways that in no way contribute to an over arching story.
You learn nothing about the world, no intrigue, characters are superficially interesting, and to top it all off, the writing is teen fiction bad. (The book screams of Mary Sue.)
I've been burned by HN book recommendations before. If you enjoyed the level of giddy writing shown in The Martian, Gödel, Escher, Bach, then you will probably like the giddy writing of this book.
I haven't read Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, but I did enjoy The Martian and Gödel, Escher, Bach, so maybe I should read it. What kind of writing do you like?
There are plenty of well written books out there, where the author doesn't explicitly tell you how you should feel, but teases out details about the world and lets you come to your own conclusions by the actions of the characters.
Read the first few chapters. Tell me if I'm way off the mark.
I know exactly how judgemental I'm sounding, but I want others to know that HN book recommendations are really not that great.
Its pretty terrible. The first few chapters involve the main character literally walking onto a ship, and then tons of exposition about how her alien teamates are all alien in their own individualistic ways that in no way contribute to an over arching story.
You learn nothing about the world, no intrigue, characters are superficially interesting, and to top it all off, the writing is teen fiction bad. (The book screams of Mary Sue.)
I've been burned by HN book recommendations before. If you enjoyed the level of giddy writing shown in The Martian, Gödel, Escher, Bach, then you will probably like the giddy writing of this book.