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Good book 👍
I especially liked the science surrounding the whole adventure, it goes into a nice amount of detail and the new concepts introduced seem somewhat realistic while still being interesting. Using Grace's memories slowly coming back to him as a narrative device was also really clever and really well done. The book is also kinda funny, I do think it tries a little too hard but I can chalk that off to the personality of Grace who we find out early is a school teacher which I suppose also explains his self censoring.
Spoilers Ahead
I REALLY liked the entire concept of astrophage and all the biological interactions surrounding it. The testing around their predators (I've already forgotten their name oops) was a super fun part of the book and kept me reading despite in reality it probably not being an interesting process. Once the correct mutation had finally been bred I could feel the joy of the characters - that entire section was really well written.
I'm glad they didn't force a romantic relationship between Grace and Stratt - I think it's good that it was played into a little bit, but I much preferred the reveal that Stratt forced Grace to go on the trip and that he did not volunteer himself like we were lead to believe. I do think that it would have been nice for this to have been a point of conversation with Rocky, in fact I think it would've been cool to have Grace and Rocky talk about the fact that Grace has lost his memory.
Speaking of Rocky, he is easily the best character in my book. Friendly, lonely alien who is just good at building shit. I'm not too sure why but I really grew attached to him throughout the book and was genuinely pretty sad when the pair eventually had to part ways (temporarily). I liked the fact that humans were more technologically advanced than the Eridians, most of the time the Aliens are the more advanced ones so this was a nice change. Also their whole design of super dense rock spider thing that communicates through music is really unique, good job Andy :)
Ending was pretty satisfying, but I think it would've been nice to know more about the earth and how the fallout was during project hail mary.
Good book 👍
I especially liked the science surrounding the whole adventure, it goes into a nice amount of detail and the new concepts introduced seem somewhat realistic while still being interesting. Using Grace's memories slowly coming back to him as a narrative device was also really clever and really well done. The book is also kinda funny, I do think it tries a little too hard but I can chalk that off to the personality of Grace who we find out early is a school teacher which I suppose also explains his self censoring.
Spoilers Ahead
I REALLY liked the entire concept of astrophage and all the biological interactions surrounding it. The testing around their predators (I've already forgotten their name oops) was a super fun part of the book and kept me reading despite in reality it probably not being an interesting process. Once the correct mutation had finally been bred I could feel the joy of the characters - that entire section was really well written.
I'm glad they didn't force a romantic relationship between Grace and Stratt - I think it's good that it was played into a little bit, but I much preferred the reveal that Stratt forced Grace to go on the trip and that he did not volunteer himself like we were lead to believe. I do think that it would have been nice for this to have been a point of conversation with Rocky, in fact I think it would've been cool to have Grace and Rocky talk about the fact that Grace has lost his memory.
Speaking of Rocky, he is easily the best character in my book. Friendly, lonely alien who is just good at building shit. I'm not too sure why but I really grew attached to him throughout the book and was genuinely pretty sad when the pair eventually had to part ways (temporarily). I liked the fact that humans were more technologically advanced than the Eridians, most of the time the Aliens are the more advanced ones so this was a nice change. Also their whole design of super dense rock spider thing that communicates through music is really unique, good job Andy :)
Ending was pretty satisfying, but I think it would've been nice to know more about the earth and how the fallout was during project hail mary.