A review by trike
Artemis Awakening by Jane Lindskold
3.0
This was a decent enough story. It's the type of Planetary Romance that would have been right at home in the 1970s and 1980s: a guy crashlands on a long-lost planet and as he enlists help from the locals to get back to his orbiting ship he becomes engaged in their lives along the way.
It's a bit lightweight, which is no big deal. I was annoyed by a few sudden deus ex machina moments (suddenly the space visitor and one of the scholars can communicate via dreams) but the worse issue is that about 2/3 of the way through I realized there was no way she was going to wrap this story up in the pages she had left. Sure enough, there's no really satisfying ending. The local warlord is defeated but he gets away and the initial dilemma of getting off-planet is still unresolved.
It was decent enough and I'd give it to a teenager without hesitation, but I won't be back for the sequel.
It's a bit lightweight, which is no big deal. I was annoyed by a few sudden deus ex machina moments (suddenly the space visitor and one of the scholars can communicate via dreams) but the worse issue is that about 2/3 of the way through I realized there was no way she was going to wrap this story up in the pages she had left. Sure enough, there's no really satisfying ending. The local warlord is defeated but he gets away and the initial dilemma of getting off-planet is still unresolved.
It was decent enough and I'd give it to a teenager without hesitation, but I won't be back for the sequel.