For fans of intelligent science fiction, you should enjoy this one.
I couldn't put it down and it's honestly been quite a while since I could say that about a book I am reading. It might not be perfect, but then by whose standards would I compare this perfection?
Instead, it seeks to tell a story of mankind's first contact with aliens, only to usurp the trope, introduces a character midway through the telling of the story by introducing an encounter with a once stranded human being who claims to have been a witness to said first contact. In other words, the first contact that had already taken place was countermanded by an alternate claim to the same thing...
The Wrong Stars
The way Pratt weaves his two narratives together almost effortlessly makes this book a thoroughly enjoyable read. The prose is well-balanced without a need to be dropping profuse amounts of violence or language.
Also, the plot is well paced and gradually builds up to provide a bigger picture than the glimpse we get at the outset of the opening pages. It proves that there are some thoroughly good writers out there, even if first contact with aliens has pretty much been done to death by now. There is still life in the old dog of a story yet!
I do find the same-sex narrative for one of the minor additional storylines a little forced, but by no means do I think it takes away from the overall narrative anything substantial. This is a well-written piece of fiction that deserves a look if you like your science fiction a little more well thought out.
Final Verdict
4/5
For those of you looking to put together a collection of more intelligent science fiction novels then you cannot really go too far wrong.
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===TLP===
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