This was so much fun. So much fun.

172 Hours on the Moon is a scifi thriller, and while it lacks character development and forces readers to suspend a lot of sensibilities, the action, pacing, and downright chilling aspects of the story make it worthwhile.

Three teens are being selected to go to the moon as part of NASA's attempt to regain funding and rebuild their program. They choose teens since they're not going to remember what happened last time there was a mission to the boom (cue ominous music). As soon as they get to the moon, things get very bad, very quick. We're not just talking about the fact the power's out. Or that their oxygen's about to disappear.

They are not alone on the moon!

(view spoiler)[ My favorite, favorite part was when the doppelganger turned out to be the woman in the Japanese urban legend and she rips her face off right before we're led to believe Mia gets in the emergency shoot. But I also loved the fact it wasn't actually Mia but the doppelganger that got away. OH! And that last note she wrote to her family. (hide spoiler)] The ending for this one was such a pay off for the story.

I found the third-person narration to be exactly the right way for this story to be told because that limited viewpoint made it creepier. Even though the narrator isn't in the story, s/he LEADS the reader through the story and certainly offers a bit of a spin on the events him/her self.

This reminded me of a Scandinavian thriller film, and I think that's part of why I enjoyed it so much. I could see this on screen and I would SO watch it.

Bonus: this referenced one of my favorite songs.

Full review here: http://www.stackedbooks.org/2012/04/1...