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A review by specialk136
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger
4.0
I knew nothing about the Apollo 8 mission before I picked up this book. I was pleased by how fun it was to read - it's character driven as we get to know these astronauts and root for them. Kluger is able to explain the technical aspects in a way I could understand while generating tension and drama.
My one problem with this book is totally my own fault. Because I didn't know anything about the mission and wanted to avoid spoiling it for myself, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop - for some disastrous event to happen during the mission that would imperil the lives of our astronauts. But no, the mission was a complete success - and thus it was anticlimactic for me. Klugman kept alluding to impending danger but in the end, there was none. Again - my own ignorance working against me - but still, by way of climax, the drama is out of the way by the time the book ends.
This book transported me to a different time in America. I think this generation needs its own Apollo 8 - something that unites and inspires us as a nation. It made me a little nostalgic for a time I never knew.
My one problem with this book is totally my own fault. Because I didn't know anything about the mission and wanted to avoid spoiling it for myself, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop - for some disastrous event to happen during the mission that would imperil the lives of our astronauts. But no, the mission was a complete success - and thus it was anticlimactic for me. Klugman kept alluding to impending danger but in the end, there was none. Again - my own ignorance working against me - but still, by way of climax, the drama is out of the way by the time the book ends.
This book transported me to a different time in America. I think this generation needs its own Apollo 8 - something that unites and inspires us as a nation. It made me a little nostalgic for a time I never knew.