A love story to Sci-fi

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Clocking in at almost 900 pages, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars definitely requires a chunk of your time. This sci-fi epic tells the story of Kira Navarez, a 23rd century xenobiologist. She works as part of a crew that visits various planets to help establish new colonies. While on one such planet, Kira discovers an alien artifact, and from that point on life as she knows it changes. She is suddenly in a situation where she has the fate of humanity in her hands.

OK, I know a lot of people are fans of Paolini's Eragon books. I read the first one and was not a fan. But, I decided to give this book a try since it was a different genre and more targeted at adults. While I did enjoy this more than I liked Eragon, I didn't love this book. The first part of this book was kind of slow for me and it took me awhile to get into it.

It reminded me quite a bit of a number of other books that I've read, mainly Dawn by Octavia Butler, Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers with a dash of 2001: A Space Odyssey for good measure. Admittedly I am not super widely read in sci-fi but I saw definite influences in To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. The book has themes of loneliness, what it means to be human, and the value of the life of one over the life of many.

What to listen to while reading...
Sea of Stars by Jennifer Hale
Space Song by Beach House
Blackstar by David Bowie
Warning Call by CHVRCHES
Solitude by M83