Athena
If you can suspend reality and read this trilogy for what it is - entertainment - then you'll have no problem with it. I love sci-fi, specifically space travel type books. While this was entertaining, I couldn't help but roll my eyes at plenty of scenes. What do you mean one of the astronauts is confused on how to work their EVA suit? Why are people with claustrophobia being sent through the solar system to other planets? Why is this robot claiming to be analytical and unable to understand rhetoric, while simultaneously being rhetorical at times? The story was fun but don't look too hard or you'll find it to be silly and *very* unbelievable. In comparison, I thought the cheese factor and overall believability of the story was on par with the movie Total Recall (original movie). It's a fantastic movie but very laughable at times. This story gave me the same feels. I probably won't read the remaining books in the series, but am content with where it's left off for me.
If you can suspend reality and read this trilogy for what it is - entertainment - then you'll have no problem with it. I love sci-fi, specifically space travel type books. While this was entertaining, I couldn't help but roll my eyes at plenty of scenes. What do you mean one of the astronauts is confused on how to work their EVA suit? Why are people with claustrophobia being sent through the solar system to other planets? Why is this robot claiming to be analytical and unable to understand rhetoric, while simultaneously being rhetorical at times? The story was fun but don't look too hard or you'll find it to be silly and *very* unbelievable. In comparison, I thought the cheese factor and overall believability of the story was on par with the movie Total Recall (original movie). It's a fantastic movie but very laughable at times. This story gave me the same feels. I probably won't read the remaining books in the series, but am content with where it's left off for me.