I started listening to this last night right before work. In the panic that was the last 10 minutes of freedom i had, I ran through my library on audible, hoping, searching and hopefully finding something that would keep my interest.
It has .
I can’t say theres anything i particularly dislike about this novel so far. A lot about it I’m really enjoying. Actually no, now that i put some thought into it, i guess I would have enjoyed some more world building. I understand the focus is the women in 1950’s getting completely shat on time and time again, but I still would have loved to see some of the more global impacts of the initial horrors.
I’m learning more than I knew about jewish mourning customs, as well as starting to wonder if anyone actually uses pi as a form of meditation.
off the top of my head I can read it to 3.1415926789 and then it gets fuzzy.
I’ve got work in an hour; I’ll probably finish listening to it tonight, it is disgustingly short. I wish it were longer. oh well.
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Well that was ok. It wasn’t what I was expecting but I also didn’t mind.
Now that its over I would give the following labels to this book
Alternate History - Which I’m sure most people would get as the first thing that happens is a meteorite hitting d.c
strong female lead - she’s a fucking astronaut dealing with the misogyny of being a woman in 1950’s America. I would not have the patience to be a woman in such an era. Tbh I don’t know how some of yall put up with that shit today.
Soft sci fi - while they do go into some science. mostly math, the real technical bits are glossed over.
yeah I don’t know, i don’t know who I’d recommend this book to but I’m glad I read it. Reading about people having to put up with that bullshit plants that kernel of an idea in my head. inceptions that thought of never wanting to be perceived like any of the assholes I read about.