pickAliens who thought they were the only sentient life in the universe arrive on Earth.
The narrator is one of the aliens and the author does an excellent job of conveying an alien point of view, although it does mean the reader sometimes has to work hard to “translate“ it. However, the only culture the aliens look at to understand such Earth concepts as politics, marriage, and religion is American.
so-soTraveling in Space is an interesting take on the humans-meet-aliens trope, as it is told from the aliens‘ point of view.
We see things we take for granted every day from their perspective: our politics, wars, relationships, religion, etc.
This book was laugh-out-loud hilarious at times, and dark and poignant at other times. It started strong but became a slog for me about half-way through. It ended on a high note.
Finishing this up. It was often tedious and overly talky but there were parts I loved. And based on the Kindle highlights of others, there were many who enjoyed some of the same passages.
I love how the aliens try to make sense of the human religions.
This book was written during the Obama presidency but it‘s closely describing the Trump-Pence evangelical leanings. 😟
This book has become somewhat of a slog, partly because it‘s an ebook and I hate reading on my iPhone. But there have been some clever takes from the aliens who are visiting Earth.
This book has some good lines. It is about a space-faring race who happens to stumble upon the Earth. A very slow read for me as I got the ebook cheap and after looking at a computer screen all day the last thing I want to do at night is stare at my iPhone screen. 😞
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