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Not Alone: A Sci-Fi Short Story by M.G. Herron

simonlorden's review

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3.0

Eh. 2.5 stars, maybe?

This story is about finding life on Mars that is different from what we'd expect, but I really couldn't get into it. Most of the first half is just description of spaceships and I was waiting to get to the plot. I also didn't really like the solution in the end.

There was also a scene I had issue with in the beginning. The story starts with a group of unnamed tourists being annoying and careless, almost leading to an accident. I could live with this, since the harm tourists can do is very real, but the author specifically stated these were Asian tourists, and like... was that really necessary?

The father-daughter relationship was nice, and I wish there had been more focus on that instead.
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