Author: Victor Dixen
Genre: Sci fi / YA
Rating: 3.5/5 star
I received this book in exchange for an honest review from the publisher via Readers First. This in no way affects my opinions on the book.
Ascension is book one in a new sci-fi trilogy by Victor Dixen. This trilogy is translated from the original French. The story follows the life of Leonor, a young French girl who has been chosen with 11 other young people to be the first to colonise Mars. Six girls and six boys, sent off into space to colonise a planet.... whilst being live on earth TVs for the rest of their lives, however short they are. These twelve young people are now part of space exploration mission - come reality blind date show and at the end of it, they must choose who they will spend the rest of their lives with. It’s a bizarre but interesting plot with certain Hunger Games vibes to it.
The characters are mostly interesting, each one being of a different cultural background so to make a huge leap in the direction of diversity. They each have a secret they want to hide about themselves and whilst this is endearing, it’s also cliche. Leonor is very much the typical Lone Ranger. She doesn’t want to buy into the speed dating and finding a husband despite that being one of the major purposes of the mission she’s signed up for. While this would be interesting if she was forced into this, as she went willingly and signed herself up for it - I found it annoying. Why did she sign up then!?
The setting of course is mostly in space and that for me is a major plus when it comes to sci-fi. Unfortunately the rest of the book kind of ruined it. There was a lot of potential for an amazing trilogy here and I feel that the cliches in the story and characters have made it fall short of the mark. Whilst it’s a trilogy I will be interested to finish, it’s not one I will be raving about, nor one I will expect to be very memorable.
Genre: Sci fi / YA
Rating: 3.5/5 star
I received this book in exchange for an honest review from the publisher via Readers First. This in no way affects my opinions on the book.
Ascension is book one in a new sci-fi trilogy by Victor Dixen. This trilogy is translated from the original French. The story follows the life of Leonor, a young French girl who has been chosen with 11 other young people to be the first to colonise Mars. Six girls and six boys, sent off into space to colonise a planet.... whilst being live on earth TVs for the rest of their lives, however short they are. These twelve young people are now part of space exploration mission - come reality blind date show and at the end of it, they must choose who they will spend the rest of their lives with. It’s a bizarre but interesting plot with certain Hunger Games vibes to it.
The characters are mostly interesting, each one being of a different cultural background so to make a huge leap in the direction of diversity. They each have a secret they want to hide about themselves and whilst this is endearing, it’s also cliche. Leonor is very much the typical Lone Ranger. She doesn’t want to buy into the speed dating and finding a husband despite that being one of the major purposes of the mission she’s signed up for. While this would be interesting if she was forced into this, as she went willingly and signed herself up for it - I found it annoying. Why did she sign up then!?
The setting of course is mostly in space and that for me is a major plus when it comes to sci-fi. Unfortunately the rest of the book kind of ruined it. There was a lot of potential for an amazing trilogy here and I feel that the cliches in the story and characters have made it fall short of the mark. Whilst it’s a trilogy I will be interested to finish, it’s not one I will be raving about, nor one I will expect to be very memorable.