As I hadn’t read the first book and the plot is a little haywire without a recap, it was a little confusing. The story seems to be a mix between reality TV and some teenage film such as hunger games or that one about some sprogs in a maze, who get killed off in some perverse wicked witch plot.
It’s good that there is clarity on who is good or bad. And I like the nuclear powered space craft. I would like to have had the mathematician character explain some of her equations more. The teenage fighting was a little over the top. An uppercut that connects fully could do more than just bloody a chaps mouth, perhaps the Russian could have lost consciousness or broken something?
I prefer a bit more reality to sci-fi. Reality TV is not something I want to read about. If you want to read good mars migration fiction then start with Red Mars.
It’s good that there is clarity on who is good or bad. And I like the nuclear powered space craft. I would like to have had the mathematician character explain some of her equations more. The teenage fighting was a little over the top. An uppercut that connects fully could do more than just bloody a chaps mouth, perhaps the Russian could have lost consciousness or broken something?
I prefer a bit more reality to sci-fi. Reality TV is not something I want to read about. If you want to read good mars migration fiction then start with Red Mars.