A review by devl
The Forgotten Colony by J.B. Ryder

fast-paced

0.75

This book had a really cool premise, but the character building and story telling were just not there for me. It reads like a books that should cater to children/preteens but the story tries to cater to adults. It takes itself too seriously, the adults act and think like high school students, and for a book talking about a lost colony on mars(the premise that hooked me) we spend > 2 chapters max on Mars at all. I think the author has promise but this book probably needed a couple more edits, and maybe more outside opinions before being published. It reads like a first draft on wattpad. Instead of trying to write adults who have been through trauma and are facing real adult situations, it may be easier for the author to write what he knows, which would be 18 year olds.