Reviews and Comments

had a deadline to return the book to the library so had to read it in three days and I DID it, which speaks for the book in and of iteself. It's a funny and fast read.

I would rather describe this as a pov into the whole space expendition business from a low-level personnel (if he could be called that), then the discussion of whether dying and being rebuilt is immortality. The most fun parts are dirty bits that got glossed over in propaganda, as mickey said himself; and how the human race is a really weird species that did its evolution the bad way. (All the horrible ways to die remind me of FAM, and the fact that mickey had to take this job cuz he was not capable of any other things too, and I am so happy about it)

One thing I particularly liked about the audiobook version of the book I listened to is, it was read with such emotions, you don't feel so alone when you hear the exasperation in the reader's voice. It felt like blowing off steams talking about such things with friends and being angry together.

huh, interesting that the summary says the last one is the best; I agree

I am immensely amused by the country-girl-moving-to-Dublin-trying-to-find-an-affordabe-place-to-live-and-pretending-to-be-city-people-then-worrying-about-accidentally-killing-flatmates story.

well now that I read (listened to) it, it really is not the same as Jane Eyre. And as I started to work for real, all I see is working people's pov xD She just Really Wants Her Annual Leave! Also the clients are so annoying, the customers are so annoying, but she doesn't have money so she has to do the work, oh dear I feel for her (?) yeah teaching is very demanding indeed

oh just realised I forgot to click finish it... I finished, it's okay, it's pretty decent a detective/fantasy story.