Gemina

I almost didn't finish this.

The weird thing is that there is SO MUCH I love about this book: the setting on a space station, the cool mixed-media format, the well-paced action-packed plot, even the characters. And like I mentioned in my review of Illuminae, science fiction is something I really love. So the fact that I rated this 2 stars and almost stopped reading it altogether is very sad to me.

Again, there is a ridiculous amount of profanity. And even though the “stronger” words are blacked out, it's still just a lot to try to filter out as I'm reading. Also, again, there is more mild sexual innuendo- nothing too inappropriate, but still, this book was supposedly written for teens. I would NEVER hand this book to a teen.

But that wasn't even the part that made me almost quit. There are these horrifying alien giant worm things with four heads, and they were seriously FREAKING ME OUT. I may have recurring nightmares about them for the rest of my life. I skipped most of the sections involving these creatures, because I just couldn't do it. It was almost making me insert some profanity of my own...

I'm really disappointed, because this kind of “space opera” genre is something I know I love. I really want to get my hands on some Christian science fiction set in space, but I haven't found many options for that. And the ones I have found I don't have access to at the moment. So I guess I'll just stick to my sci-fi tv shows for now.

I do plan on starting Obsidio, but I will not hesitate to put it down if I'm not liking it. Sigh.