Skyward

, #1

by

eBook, 546 pages

English language

Published by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-1-4732-1788-1
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ASIN:
B0789Z2QJM
Goodreads:
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3 stars (1 review)

Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and fight the enemy in the skies. Pilots have become the heroes of what's left of the human race.

Spensa has always dreamed of being one of them; of soaring above Earth and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's - a pilot who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, placing Spensa's chances of attending flight school somewhere between slim and none.

No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is still determined to fly. And the Krell just made that a possibility. They've doubled their fleet, making Spensa's world twice as dangerous... but their desperation to survive might …

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reviewed Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Fun yet formulaic YA scif

3 stars

This was the first Brandon Sanderson book I've ever read and it was fine.

He's an excellent writer and the story was engaging. The ending left me wondering whether or not I'd read the next one.

This is a very "Hero With a Thousand Faces" story. Spensa, a young woman drawn to her destiny to become a pilot, is haunted by the shadow and mystery of her father's actions as a pilot.

As the story unfolds the perspective widens. And then, towards the end, the perspective gets wider than anyone thought possible. That's also where the book lost me: I am uncertain whether I like the world this story was building towards. There's nothing wrong with it, maybe just not my cup of tea.

Subjects

  • Science Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Young Adult
  • Space
  • Adventure
  • Aliens