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teokajlibroj's review against another edition
2.0
To be honest this book was really boring. Hardly anything memorable happened and there was barely a plot to speak of. Imagine a caretaker explaining to you how the air filtration system works and why your fan broke, that's basically what it felt like reading this book. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, but I've literally just finished reading it and can barely think of an enjoyable/memorable moment. It's incredible how dull this book made living on the moon seem. A lunar colony is a really cool and exciting concept, yet the book made it as exciting as filling out a bureaucratic form.
The main characters don't even arrive on the Moon until two thirds of the way through the book, until then there was just a lot of tedious discussion about their contract (this also continued after they arrived) and a medical procedure they underwent. If I buy a book about a lunar colony, I expect it to be about, you know, a lunar colony.
The book earned a star for its characters, who seemed like nice ordinary people with healthy marriages. Unfortunately they weren't interesting and didn't do much, but at least the author put effort into developing them, which is more than you can say for some sci-fi authors.
The main characters don't even arrive on the Moon until two thirds of the way through the book, until then there was just a lot of tedious discussion about their contract (this also continued after they arrived) and a medical procedure they underwent. If I buy a book about a lunar colony, I expect it to be about, you know, a lunar colony.
The book earned a star for its characters, who seemed like nice ordinary people with healthy marriages. Unfortunately they weren't interesting and didn't do much, but at least the author put effort into developing them, which is more than you can say for some sci-fi authors.
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