Three teenagers are going on the trip of a lifetime. Only one is coming back. It's been more than forty years since NASA sent the first men to the ...
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Jan 30, 2012
Ann
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Ages 13+ (language)
I was totally amped to receive this ARC. What a cover! What a premise! It won awards in Norway!
Unfortunately, having read and loved Mary Roach's Packing for Mars, I started picking out logic holes right away. NASA picks a team of three teens to go to the moon, sight unseen, based only on applications? (THAT ONE OF THEM DID NOT EVEN FILL OUT, IT WAS HER PARENTS!) After announcing the winners, it takes like, another nine months for them to be sent to NAS More...
I was totally amped to receive this ARC. What a cover! What a premise! It won awards in Norway!
Unfortunately, having read and loved Mary Roach's Packing for Mars, I started picking out logic holes right away. NASA picks a team of three teens to go to the moon, sight unseen, based only on applications? (THAT ONE OF THEM DID NOT EVEN FILL OUT, IT WAS HER PARENTS!) After announcing the winners, it takes like, another nine months for them to be sent to NAS More...
Feb 23, 2012
Laura
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What an interesting horror story - and one with very little chance of a sequel (I hope!).
NASA, for various reasons, has decided to go back to the moon but they need an excuse and a way to gin up public interest. The excuse is a search for a mineral that would give America the edge in nanotechnology, the public interest angle is that three teens (between the ages of 14-18, of a certain height, in good physical and psychological health) will be chosen as passengers. In reality they More...
NASA, for various reasons, has decided to go back to the moon but they need an excuse and a way to gin up public interest. The excuse is a search for a mineral that would give America the edge in nanotechnology, the public interest angle is that three teens (between the ages of 14-18, of a certain height, in good physical and psychological health) will be chosen as passengers. In reality they More...
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Oct 31, 2011
Nila
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The plot is set in 2012 (oh god, when I read it seemed so far away!) when NASA, in need of funding, announces that they will launch a new mission to the moon. In order to get the funding, they have to gain public interest, which they do by allowing three teenagers go along with the astronauts. They are chosen through a contest, and the winners are: Mia from Norway, Antoine from France and Midori from Japan.
The real reason behind the launch, is to find out what actually happened to the More...
The real reason behind the launch, is to find out what actually happened to the More...
Feb 18, 2012
Steffy
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STARS 2.5/5
I don’t know what to say about 172 hours on the Moon….It’s the kind of book when you are done you are not sure if you liked it or not.
For me it was not good enough to say I liked it and yet it was not bad enough to get a bad review.
I’m wondering if the way I feel might be because this book has been translated to English and maybe it lost some of what made it ‘special’….if some of the subtleties were “lost in translation“.
I can’t say that the book was badly More...
I don’t know what to say about 172 hours on the Moon….It’s the kind of book when you are done you are not sure if you liked it or not.
For me it was not good enough to say I liked it and yet it was not bad enough to get a bad review.
I’m wondering if the way I feel might be because this book has been translated to English and maybe it lost some of what made it ‘special’….if some of the subtleties were “lost in translation“.
I can’t say that the book was badly More...
Jan 30, 2012
Megan
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4½ Out of 5
In space, no one can hear you scream…
It’s been years since a person set foot on the moon. The world knows that. What they don’t know is that a secret research facility was built up there, and has been there for years. No one has ever set foot in there. There’s a reason for that, one that is highly, highly classified.
NASA is holding a worldwide lottery! Three lucky teens have the chance to go to the moon! The adventure of a lifetime, right? The three winners, More...
In space, no one can hear you scream…
It’s been years since a person set foot on the moon. The world knows that. What they don’t know is that a secret research facility was built up there, and has been there for years. No one has ever set foot in there. There’s a reason for that, one that is highly, highly classified.
NASA is holding a worldwide lottery! Three lucky teens have the chance to go to the moon! The adventure of a lifetime, right? The three winners, More...
Jan 23, 2012
Mrs. ReaderPants
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WHAT I LIKED: 172 Hours on the Moon is one of the creepiest, most chilling books I've ever read. After the first 100 pages, I finished the rest of it in one sitting. Gripping and suspenseful, 172 Hours is one of those books where you constantly ask yourself, "How can they possibly get out of this?"
I must give props to the translator, Tara Chace. If the front cover did not tell me 172 Hours was a translation More...
Feb 11, 2012
Dot
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I hate to give one star to a book that started out as strongly as this one did. Although it felt like it was going to be a well-written story with some delicious twists, I wound up being disappointed by the big reveal.
Part of me wonders if there was some style shift from the original Norwegian that left this story flat. Maybe the original prose was dreamy and abstract feeling, and the translation lost that quality, and turned it into a mild page-turner with a confusingly uncohesive e More...
Part of me wonders if there was some style shift from the original Norwegian that left this story flat. Maybe the original prose was dreamy and abstract feeling, and the translation lost that quality, and turned it into a mild page-turner with a confusingly uncohesive e More...
Feb 05, 2012
Ingvild
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OMG. Definetly the most chilling book I've ever read!!!!!! Djises, how am I gonna sleep?!?!?!? A really, really freaky book, but it took a very long time before the scary part grew more intense, so I was kind of bored 2/3 of the book, unfortunately.
Probably one of the best, most original, genius and scary book I have read in my life! (And it's norwegian, AWESOME!!! :D)
Probably one of the best, most original, genius and scary book I have read in my life! (And it's norwegian, AWESOME!!! :D)
Sep 28, 2011
Erik
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Het is meer dan veertig jaar geleden dat de mens op de maan stond. Het wordt tijd dat we weer eens een kijkje gingen nemen. De NASA biedt nu die kans.
De NASA organiseert een wereldwijde loterij: drie jongeren tussen de veertien en achttien jaar mogen een week (172 uur) naar de maan. Dat is het uitgangspunt van de young-adult roman van Johan Harstad: Darlah. 172 uur op de maan. Het blijkt echter al snel dat de NASA wat feiten over de maan heeft achtergehouden voor de jong More...
Het is meer dan veertig jaar geleden dat de mens op de maan stond. Het wordt tijd dat we weer eens een kijkje gingen nemen. De NASA biedt nu die kans.
De NASA organiseert een wereldwijde loterij: drie jongeren tussen de veertien en achttien jaar mogen een week (172 uur) naar de maan. Dat is het uitgangspunt van de young-adult roman van Johan Harstad: Darlah. 172 uur op de maan. Het blijkt echter al snel dat de NASA wat feiten over de maan heeft achtergehouden voor de jong More...
Sep 17, 2011
Ida
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This book was incredibly well written.
It was scary in all the right places, but fun as well.
However, i thought the ending was bad. So bad that I didn't like The book that much after reading it.
But the teriffic writing makes it much better, so this is recommended for anyone who wants a good thriller-sci fi book.
It was scary in all the right places, but fun as well.
However, i thought the ending was bad. So bad that I didn't like The book that much after reading it.
But the teriffic writing makes it much better, so this is recommended for anyone who wants a good thriller-sci fi book.
Feb 02, 2012
Ariadne
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Creepy. So very very creepy. It really captured the horrifying isolation and desolation of space, all with a sci-fi horror spin. Overall it was bizarre and unlike anything I've read before, and yet, it reminded me of so many other things. It made me want to re-watch the movie Moon, or even Sunshine. It has stuck with me, I'll give it that.
Jan 20, 2012
This is one of my favourites and I´m so happy to see that it´s beeing translated. It´s a real creepy and well-written sci-fi-novel from the Moon. David Bowie´s Space Oddity would be a good soundtrack.
Sep 23, 2010
Omigosh, really wanna read this.
The author is norweigan right? Well norway is My neighbor country so its proboblyntranslatednto swedish .
Don't know about english tho... :)
The author is norweigan right? Well norway is My neighbor country so its proboblyntranslatednto swedish .
Don't know about english tho... :)
Feb 18, 2012
Abby
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This book is a crazy sci-fi romp that I would have eaten with a spoon when I was 13. It's not great literature, but it is unputdownable and thrilling. Reminded me of my childhood favorite, Christopher Pike.
Nov 02, 2010
Carl
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Harstads barne-(?) og ungdomsroman er millimeter bak Hässebly. Dette er utsøkt skrivekunst.
Mar 18, 2011
Sara
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This book was soooooo exciting!!!!!!!! It should have become a Hollywood movie.
Oct 26, 2011
Liyanna
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OMG! is what I thought when I finished it.
This book has gotten very good reviews in newspapers, so I wanted to give it a shot. At first I had trouble getting into it, because I didn't like the personal stories of the three teenagers who would eventually be chosen to travel to the moon.
But after 70 pages or so, the story comes to life. And OMG is the only thing I'm going to say about the rest of the story, because I don't want to give anything away. It is absolutely thrilling More...
This book has gotten very good reviews in newspapers, so I wanted to give it a shot. At first I had trouble getting into it, because I didn't like the personal stories of the three teenagers who would eventually be chosen to travel to the moon.
But after 70 pages or so, the story comes to life. And OMG is the only thing I'm going to say about the rest of the story, because I don't want to give anything away. It is absolutely thrilling More...
Feb 23, 2012
zombiedotcom
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Started out great. Feels a little like the movie, Apollo 18 but with teenagers and slightly more glam. The last quarter of the story is really crap though.
Jan 24, 2012
Lauren
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Harstad's amazing American debut had me hooked from page one! It's a creepy cross between "Lost" and The Martian Chronicles and the chilling ending kept me thinking for days afterward. Teens and adults will be clamoring for more from this talented Scandinavian author!
Jan 01, 2012
Karine
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I thought this book was really good, but sadly I hated the ending. However, thinking back, I did get really into the book, and therefore I think it deserves more than two stars like I first gave it. The ending was, as already stated, kind of bad, though.
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Jan 20, 2012
Silje
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This is one of my favourites and I´m so happy to see that it´s beeing translated into english this year. It´s a real creepy and well-written sci-fi-novel from the Moon. David Bowie´s Space Oddity would be a good soundtrack.
Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012
