Here we are starting the Mark Twain Nominee "Lovefest 2016!" My favorite one again this year! Hats off to Lemoncello's Library!!!
Remember, we are reading like a writer here--so trying not to give away plots etc...
I like the originality of this story! I also liked Mr. Gibbs other nominee a few years back---Belly Up. He has a very creative mind! Great setting- moon base alpha in 2041. Great lead character. I had to try and figure them out. I like to work for it. Okay, it is written in first person from Dashiell's point of view. It is a murder mystery.
The author adds a lot of detail about what life might be like on the first moon base. It is written almost like a diary, but not quite. Great chapter titles and starts. This author uses good leads. In between each chapter, there are "excerpts" from "The Official Residents' Guide to Moon Base Alpha." There is a great twist in the story that caught me by surprise, and that is not something that happens very often.
What kept this from being a 9 or 10. Dashiell was from the Big Island of Hawaii. Although the author did reference several locations correctly, Dashiell and his friends he talked to over the phone did not speak correctly. Having lived on the Big Island for eleven years, so it was hard on me to be so excited about having a connection, but then the connection was slightly off. I also did not enjoy the interruption of the guide between each chapter, though I couldn't help but read it every time. I actually enjoyed the footnotes to them more.
Sentences with variety:
"Let's get something straight, right off the bat: Everything the movies ever taught you about space travel is garbage."
-Three idioms! Starts off in second person. Doesn't start with the, me, he, they, etc.
"Even though the moon base isn't big, there are still a lot of places I'm not allowed inside."
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