Ratings2
Average rating4.5
The premise? Not bad. The execution? Dragged out. Marissa Levien started off well, but the intermittent chapters about what happens to the world (in this book) “after” really bogged the action down and didn't add to the story. I also found the world-building lacking. If a ship contain what's left of earth-dwellers, there would be efficiencies and a lot more recycling. The ship would be unlikely to contain a giant dessert where no one lives or other geographic features that would make fuel requirements insane. Finally, both of the main characters were too precocious