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Vessel

Lisa A. Nichols

Start date: July 1, 2019

Finish date: July 31, 2019

Why we're reading this: It was made as a guest pick by Brea Grant from the Reading Glasses Podcast.
[close] It was made as a guest pick by Brea Grant from the Reading Glasses Podcast.

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Jul 13, 2019 Jenny (Reading Envy) rated it really liked it

Shelves: read2019, sci-fi-fantasy, 2019-laser, audiobook, sword-and-laser

Confession: I took a few vacation hours and drove to a coffee place in the next town so I could finish listening to this book. I enjoyed this story about a woman who returns home from a multi-year space journey, without her crew and without any memories of what happened. I like how the audiobook has two narrators. This story is just as much about the relationships and situation back home as it is about what happened in space, so if you're not interested in the people side of space exploration, t ...more

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Jul 28, 2019 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: sf, dnf, sword-and-laser

This is a really good book that I couldn't enjoy reading, through no fault of its own. I really liked the premise, and the nature of the problem, but I dislike reading about adultery and drug abuse (boy that makes me sound like a prude! I guess I am). I don't like promise breaking so the adultery makes sense, and addiction is a real squick. So I ended up skimming/skipping huge chunks of this book about an actual woman dealing with actual problems (caused by a science fiction event). I turned all ...more

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