I know this one will stick with me so maybe it’ll improve with time. I’m not sure if it’s an across the board meh or just a meh for right now. It’s probably better than I’m giving it credit for, but that’s the way it goes when you read a lot of books.
4 stars for this one from me.īloomsbury | 17th March 2020 | AU$15.This was a good story. I’m loving it! From avoiding meteoroids ( Learning to Swear in America), to general astrophysics ( The Square Root of Summer and Stargazing for Beginners), I’m excited for what will happen next. There seems to be a growing interest for novels about space and mathematics. What I did appreciate was that Leon’s depression wasn’t cured in an instant by falling in love (lust?) and neither was Cal’s mom’s anxiety completely treated by therapy. This lack of time made their romance feel instant, and their feelings insincere. Perhaps instead of boring chapter numbers, a handy chapter date would have been more useful. I struggled with the sense of time passing. At the same time though, I felt like that could have added a bit more depth for the protagonist, who seems to exist in his own little bubble most of the time.
I’m not complaining, because there are plenty of teenage fiction novels out there that cover high school and being gay well. The single paragraph devoted to his final high school year seems a bit perfunctory. Thus I can confidently say that this is NOT science fiction. And she’s right! I didn’t know that I could be excited about a somewhat futuristic space voyage – but it turns out that there really is a current program to have humans on Mars by 2032. The recommendation statement on the back from Becky Albertalli says this book is a ‘story I didn’t I know I needed’. The cute cover should give this away as a gay fiction. When his dad is selected to become an astronaut of the Orpheus Twenty Cal’s plans are derailed – going to Texas isn’t in his ideal future! But with a cute boy in the picture, maybe something about this summer might not be a waste afterall.
Cal’s going to make his FlashFame feed support his career as a journalist, do an internship at BuzzFeed and get a free ride to college with a full scholarship.
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