Michael Gouker reviewed The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
Review of 'The Fated Sky' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Things get real far away and people need to change... fast.
English language
Published Aug. 21, 2018
The Fated Sky
4 stars
(2 reviews)
Kadomi reviewed The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
Review of 'The Fated Sky' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Set 10 years after the meteor crashed onto Earth in The Calculating Stars, the early 60s are a time of unrest. Hit hardest by the aftermath of the meteor strike are PoC, and a movement called Earth First is looking to sabotage space travel. Our protagonist is Elma York again, and this time the lady astronaut is going on the first trip to Mars.
I enjoyed this more than the first book. It's not all about Elma, her anxiety issues and marital rocket launches this time, though there was some of that too. It's shining when the long trip to Mars starts, revealing racism and its effect. In that regard this book hits close to home in 2020. I did not care for the bury your gays trope. Must we really, still?
The trip to Mars is tense, there's a bit of character development and you learn a lot about …
Set 10 years after the meteor crashed onto Earth in The Calculating Stars, the early 60s are a time of unrest. Hit hardest by the aftermath of the meteor strike are PoC, and a movement called Earth First is looking to sabotage space travel. Our protagonist is Elma York again, and this time the lady astronaut is going on the first trip to Mars.
I enjoyed this more than the first book. It's not all about Elma, her anxiety issues and marital rocket launches this time, though there was some of that too. It's shining when the long trip to Mars starts, revealing racism and its effect. In that regard this book hits close to home in 2020. I did not care for the bury your gays trope. Must we really, still?
The trip to Mars is tense, there's a bit of character development and you learn a lot about diarrhea in zero g.