Reviews

Lunar Discovery: Let the Space Race Begin by Salvador Mercer

heidim's review

4.0

3.5 stars rounded up. Overall not a bad story. Just a lot of characters to track and a few sections without much action. May proceed with the next book in the series.

richardpierce's review

2.0

Plot a touch derivative and the writing a bit indifferent in places. Gripping, though.

fableheaven's review against another edition

3.0

The start of the premise kind of reminded me of 2001 a Space Oddisey's... however, once the story started I was hooked and it became a great thriller about a new space race to get to the moon.
It was great, maintaining the mystery, paying attention to the politca, the science and how it would be to be there when we have contact with an alien device.

robinwalter's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Not a bad SF romp, albeit very derivative of key 2001 iconography 

nicijones's review against another edition

Uff this was badly written. Astronauts on a Russian space station that allegedly don’t understand Russian? Pretty Russian woman who is portrait as stupid instead of using the opportunity to reveal how dumb and patriarchic patriotism is? Also Vladimir and Dmitry as the first Russian names? That’s just ridiculously hilarious. John Smith and Henry Miller say hello 🙄 To no fault of the author, the novel became outdated with SpaceX starting to launch Americans from American soil again making the whole premise that the US is underprepared for a second spontaneous space race null and void. Bezos and Musk would be tripping over themselves to get NASA to an alien base. 

jtlarowe's review

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

justaguy's review against another edition

3.0

Hmm interesting

It was quite introductory to the series with fast-paced action. Yet, it felt short and simple. Nothing twist and everything is within expectations parameter. Also, this book reminds me of a book called the Saturn running. Honestly, I thought there would be a firefight and bloody stalemate inside the alien whatever chamber. Let see with next book.

newhampster's review against another edition

5.0

Loved it

A really good space exploration yarn and I look forward to reading more. There’s a little silliness in government attitudes and decisions but I’ll forgive the author

vokram's review against another edition

3.0

Title: Lunar Discovery: Let the Space Race Begin

Author: Salvador Mercer

Publication Date: Sep 2015

Genre: Sci-Fi

Score: 3/5

This is a novel about a discovery of an alien object on the moon and the race to recover it. Three nations, USA, Russia, and China are locked in a fight to get to the moon first and claim ownership of the alien object.

This is a very technical description of what it would take for a nation to land on the moon. So, there’s some plot and a lot of orbital, mechanical, and chemical engineering exposition. It was ok. There is a sequel, but I don’t think I’ll be following this one up. I listened to the audible version of this novel and it was performed well.

lilyn_g's review against another edition

3.0

This is my first experience with Mercer, and perhaps a horrible book to start with as even the way the Goodreads synopsis reads, its set up blatantly as a sequel bait that apparently we’re supposed to beg the author for? Uhm, I won’t begging the author to continue this. Its very lackluster. The information, the ideas, the characters are all there, but this is not a perfectly cut gem of a story. A diamond in the rough that could shape up? Possibly.

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