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bucketheadmary's review against another edition
4.0
If they weren't so darn cheerful and moral, the People would be terrifying.
sisyphus_dreams's review against another edition
3.0
Alien children with magic/psionic powers are refugees on modern Earth. A large collection of short stories which were also collected in a couple of smaller volume. It gets extremely saccharine and cloying after a while, but is memorable nonetheless.
scaifea's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The People are aliens who fled their home planet and crash landed in various spots on Earth. They're living amongst humans, trying to blend in and also to find each other, all while feeling like outsiders and missing their home. The book is set out as a series of short stories about various members of The People, and it's very Escape to Witch Mountain both in story and in style. Except that I kind of love Escape to Witch Mountain, but I really couldn't get into this one at all. Partly I think it's the dated scifi style, partly it's that I always have trouble with the short-story collection format, and partly because the writing just didn't click for me.
northeastbookworm's review against another edition
5.0
This is a SF novel that breaks your heart. Stranded on Earth, due to the crash of their interstellar spacecraft, a race of aliens attempts to survive on an alien world and among an alien people who can't begin to understand who, or what, they are. It is a book that tells very well what it means to be far from home with no possible way of rescue.
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