JT Smith

Things start off bad and get worse. And worse. And worse. And then it's over.

Do not read if you are dealing with any form of depression because you will do something you regret.

I misguidedly thought this was going to be a more general history of the space program (specifically Commercial Crew and one person's view into it) and so went into this with extremely high expectations. While she definitely spends time on Commercial Crew, it's less of a history so much as it is her very specific view point of it, and comes off as whiny at times. I understand it was a very difficult program to push forward for her, but I guess I was hoping for a more factual account than “I did this, I tried to do that, Charlie wouldn't do that, Charlie stopped me from this” and then later on “Charlie took all the credit”.

Not a bad book, just not what I was expecting.

Fantastic, in-depth look into the history of Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame, and how the very definition of war has changed with the launch of this cyber-weapon.

Typical Dan Brown novel: horrible writing with a plot that is enthralling. 5/10