Book Review #8

Armada
by Ernest Cline

For the most part this was an absolutely terrific read with a premise that hooked me with the opening sentence: "I was staring out the classroom window and daydreaming of adventure when I spotted the flying saucer." The book is extremely well written, very funny, exciting, surprising and heartwarming. Unfortunately, as much as I admired the writing throughout, for me the ending was a letdown. The secret behind the aliens' plan seemed tacked on and felt muddled and anticlimactic. Too bad because most of this sci-fi coming-of-age tale was great fun and tremendously entertaining.