review; this night so dark
This Night So Dark
by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Tarver still has nightmares about the night, six months before the Icarus crash, when he rescued a group of civilian researchers being held hostage by brutal mercenaries. Now Tarver and Lilac must reconcile his memories of that fateful night with the truth that they uncovered on a mysterious planet after the Icarus crashed.
Review:Oh man, learning more about Tarver and why he was promoted should not have sucked me in as much as it did – but it has built up the characters so much more. We see how Tarver learnt to deal with pressure the way he did, and ale we find out a little more about just how the Icarus crashed – on top of that, the whispers? They’re still there?
I especially adore the fact that the authors are taking the time to tell us that the world is diverse – and not in an in-your-face way, but casually. Names and mentions of skin colour tell us that the characters come from all over, and casual mentions of Sanjana having a girlfriend or Cole having a boyfriend – mentions that I noticed in the first novel and which made me rather happy – just enrich the story. It just is, in this world they have created, and I like that.
Gah, I cannot wait for This Shattered World to tell us more about what exactly the whispers were and why they are not being allowed to rest the way they want.
This was such a great way to bridge the gap between the two novels.
Ara
I’m Ara, a Southeast Asian writer who someday hopes to have published a novel, and who is currently losing herself in the worlds created by others. I love books and food and television and blogging and I get distracted and sidetracked easily.