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emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moon Dust in My Hairnet is full of heart, humour, and hope. It's a feel good romp on the moon wrapped up in some social commentary and the pain of losing a loved one.
Lane is the only person in the new lunar colony who isn't a genius. Her sister Faraday was the genius, the one who came up with the technology the entire colonization program is based on, and the leader of the settlers who dream of peace and freedom. However, Faraday was murdered by the corporate interests that control Earth before her dream could be realized, and now Lane and all Faraday's genius followers must follow through on her dreams without her. However, getting the new colony up and running is proving to be a monumental task. Far from the trust filled utopia of Faraday's dreams, they are immediately targeted by sabotage from the same group that killed her, and it is up to Lane and her newly formed and still uncertain polycule to stop them. But everybody has their own secrets, trauma, and suspicions to contend with, and stopping the biggest evil in the solar system is a big ask for a 20 year old autistic lunch lady.
This book is sweet, there's no other word for it. The characters are lovable, the storyline is feel good and a bit silly, and the messages feel like a hug.
My favourite part of this book was the way it handled Lane's grief over the loss of her sister. It delves into a lot of issues, including how personal grief for a public figure can feel commodified, survivor's guilt, and how different grieving processes can come between people who have the best of intensions. Additionally, it touched on how grief can look different for autistic people, and how that can impact their healing journey.
I also generally liked the autistic representation in this book. With almost all the main characters being on the spectrum, it was interesting to see how the author represented different facets of autism coming out in different ways. I recognized pieces of myself in all the characters, in their stimms and their masks.
On the more critical end, I found that this book was a bit disjointed in some of it's arcs, especially a few of the romantic relationships. The characters would change how they felt about one another quite quickly, or changes to dynamics would come in to play without much build up. This may have been a facet of a relatively short novel trying to develop many different relationships at the same time, but it made it more difficult to be fully invested in the romances when they seemed to arbitrarily change.
Additionally, this book was trying to tackle some very heavy topics for a feel good novel. It's central conflict centres around corporate takeovers of the government and hostile invasion of an independent colony. To avoid spoilers I won't go into too much detail, but suffice to say this whole plot is wrapped up rather easily with a bow, which fits the vibe of the book, but feel a bit strange.
eARC provided by NetGalley and Mythic Roads Press in exchange for my honest review.
Lane is the only person in the new lunar colony who isn't a genius. Her sister Faraday was the genius, the one who came up with the technology the entire colonization program is based on, and the leader of the settlers who dream of peace and freedom. However, Faraday was murdered by the corporate interests that control Earth before her dream could be realized, and now Lane and all Faraday's genius followers must follow through on her dreams without her. However, getting the new colony up and running is proving to be a monumental task. Far from the trust filled utopia of Faraday's dreams, they are immediately targeted by sabotage from the same group that killed her, and it is up to Lane and her newly formed and still uncertain polycule to stop them. But everybody has their own secrets, trauma, and suspicions to contend with, and stopping the biggest evil in the solar system is a big ask for a 20 year old autistic lunch lady.
This book is sweet, there's no other word for it. The characters are lovable, the storyline is feel good and a bit silly, and the messages feel like a hug.
My favourite part of this book was the way it handled Lane's grief over the loss of her sister. It delves into a lot of issues, including how personal grief for a public figure can feel commodified, survivor's guilt, and how different grieving processes can come between people who have the best of intensions. Additionally, it touched on how grief can look different for autistic people, and how that can impact their healing journey.
I also generally liked the autistic representation in this book. With almost all the main characters being on the spectrum, it was interesting to see how the author represented different facets of autism coming out in different ways. I recognized pieces of myself in all the characters, in their stimms and their masks.
On the more critical end, I found that this book was a bit disjointed in some of it's arcs, especially a few of the romantic relationships. The characters would change how they felt about one another quite quickly, or changes to dynamics would come in to play without much build up. This may have been a facet of a relatively short novel trying to develop many different relationships at the same time, but it made it more difficult to be fully invested in the romances when they seemed to arbitrarily change.
Additionally, this book was trying to tackle some very heavy topics for a feel good novel. It's central conflict centres around corporate takeovers of the government and hostile invasion of an independent colony. To avoid spoilers I won't go into too much detail, but suffice to say this whole plot is wrapped up rather easily with a bow, which fits the vibe of the book, but feel a bit strange.
eARC provided by NetGalley and Mythic Roads Press in exchange for my honest review.
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