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A review by bookauboo
Mars Girls by Mary Turzillo
2.0
* This book was given to me for an unbiased review
The story follows a preteen and her friend on the colony of Mars as they find their way through a plot shrouded in mystery and peril. I wasn't overly impressed with this book. This is a solid YA story, I think I am just not in the target audience. There are some YA books that are enjoyable for both young adults and ... old adults but there are some that are for the 10- 14 age bracket and are simply not as relatable outside of that bracket.
That said the book sets up a unique world and futuristic teenage subculture with slang and cultural norms that the reader must decipher as they go. The parallel story lines of the two girls as they get separated lend an interesting tension to the plot as it flips between narrators.
This is a coming of age tale (girls taken away from their homes and forced to take care of themselves etc) with a science fiction focus.
The story follows a preteen and her friend on the colony of Mars as they find their way through a plot shrouded in mystery and peril. I wasn't overly impressed with this book. This is a solid YA story, I think I am just not in the target audience. There are some YA books that are enjoyable for both young adults and ... old adults but there are some that are for the 10- 14 age bracket and are simply not as relatable outside of that bracket.
That said the book sets up a unique world and futuristic teenage subculture with slang and cultural norms that the reader must decipher as they go. The parallel story lines of the two girls as they get separated lend an interesting tension to the plot as it flips between narrators.
This is a coming of age tale (girls taken away from their homes and forced to take care of themselves etc) with a science fiction focus.