The Road to Roswell

Cute “close encounters” novel that is also an homage to the classic Western movies of the 1950s and 1960s. Unfortunately, the plot is rife with sexism; the FMC learns how to communicate with the alien who abducts her, but her primary responsibility is to offer emotional care when it is upset. Meanwhile, one of the male characters does all of the official “take me to your leader” liaison work and provides all of the details about the aliens' civilization. The alien itself is pretty entertaining, especially after it watches numerous Westerns that have a significant, if predictable, impact on its use of the English language. This is the first Connie Willis book that I have finished (after DNFing the widely beloved [b:To Say Nothing of the Dog 77773 To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) Connie Willis https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1469410460l/77773.SY75.jpg 696] and 2016's [b:Crosstalk 25430248 Crosstalk Connie Willis https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1458672086l/25430248.SY75.jpg 45191175]). I guess she will be permanently be categorized as “authors everyone loves but I don't get.”