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qwerty88's review against another edition
5.0
So much fun.
The first book was also fun, and moved along quickly from crisis to crisis, but ultimately wasn't huge on plot. This book feels much more mature, with emotional resonance and even some relationship ramifications from the events in the first book. Plus Goldfish is great fun.
For an adult reader, there is a late revelation which I felt was very telegraphed earlier. I'm not sure if I would have noticed as a MG reader or not. It didn't hurt the story for me, but it was a fairly obvious gun on the mantelpiece.
The first book was also fun, and moved along quickly from crisis to crisis, but ultimately wasn't huge on plot. This book feels much more mature, with emotional resonance and even some relationship ramifications from the events in the first book. Plus Goldfish is great fun.
For an adult reader, there is a late revelation which I felt was very telegraphed earlier. I'm not sure if I would have noticed as a MG reader or not. It didn't hurt the story for me, but it was a fairly obvious gun on the mantelpiece.
nigellicus's review
5.0
Alice and friends go back to space for a special ceremony to mark the colonisation of a new planet by the human's ex-enemies. Intercepted by a big ship belonging to another alien race with their eye, or eye-stalks, on the planet, it's not long before Alice and friends are hurled out of the nearest airlock to prove that the aliens mean business. Certain death beckons! But also adventure and suspense, rescue and revolution, heroism and betrayal! Space Hostages is rousing and enjoyable and manages to feel like old-school science fiction and at the same time fresh and new.
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