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Feb 04, 2018SeattleSaul rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
After his run-away success with “The Martian,” it appears that the author was looking for another near-Earth, near-our-time story, but wanted a very different main character. He succeeded in both, but I found that the Moon society was a social stretch and that the lead person was very unlikeable. Given enough time, those who live on the Moon might reflect the Earth, but I didn’t accept that only 40 – 60 years from now, when travel to the Moon is still likely to be a luxury few could afford. The main character is a smuggler, uses profanities in excess (after dozens of “s***” I am tired of reading her junior high-school vocabulary). Her actions initially were based upon making money by a fee paid by an ambitious businessman to perform sabotage on a rival. But true to the author’s “Martian” text, he gets into minute details of how the heroine solves each problem that comes up. Written in first person, you know that she will survive—at least until she has dictated the story; so not to worry no matter how bad it gets (as in The Martian). And the story doesn’t really start moving until 75% done. The character may have done some good by her actions, but I was disappointed (I should have known) with her in the end. I only forced myself to finish it because of the author’s great first novel. I cannot recommend this book.