The Calculating Stars

DNF - PG 32

I was so sure I would like this book, that I didn't even bother reading the sample. I mean, lady astronauts, alternate history, sci-fi, earth soon to be rendered uninhabitable. And look at that cover! What's not to love?

If I had bothered with the sample, I would have eliminated the possibility of even attempting this book. Because I knew from the first page that it wasn't for me. I was mislead as to what I thought this was going to be.

First page realizations: oh, it's told in the first person perspective. So it's not an ensemble book like the cover make me believe. Oh...When we're first introduced to out main character, she's in bed with her husband, telling us about the great sex she just had. ... So it's chick lit, not the sci-fi that I expected.

Okay, maybe it's not chick lit. I don't know what the proper definition for chick lit is. All I know is I use it for a certain grouping of books that focus on one woman, her life (to the exclusion of plot) and, especially, her sex life. I don't like chick lit. This book sounds like it's chick lit to me.

Also, I flipped through the book and everything I read decreased my interest in the book.

If I'd known what the book was - done my proper research like I've been bragging about doing! - I would never have read this book. It might be a fine book for what it is. I don't know, because what it is is something I don't like.