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First, I must say that this novel is "dark". I heard a lot of other reviews mentioning this before I read it and I have to agree with them. This isn't a happy YA novel where everything just falls into place and things turn out chipper. At times, I was even frustrated while reading it. Now, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I am unsure. It shows that I was emotionally invested in the story and characters. I think it also shows that Ryan is a great writer.

This book deals with some subjects that are usually not dealt with in YA, especially not in this way. Religion is at the forefront of the plot. One spaceship is secular, while the other is religious. Over the course of me reading this novel, I felt certain parts were creeping the line of being preachy, but then the next chapter would cut down the viewpoint that was put on the pedestal. Even after having finished reading, I am unsure which way the author wants the reader to think. And I think that may have been her intention. I felt like I read into some scenes based on my own personal views and what I thought the author was trying to say. This novel definitely makes you think.

Ryan's writing is very realistic. The situation the characters are in do not have easy solutions. The relationships and characters are all very complicated and rounded, with twists and turns. This made me frustrated at times while reading, because I couldn't figure out the way the characters were going to escape a situation. Like I already said, I think that's a sign of good writing.

The world Ryan created is also very realistic. It isn't a space traveling universe where everything comes easy and technology is the answer to everything. It's a believable future.

Overall, I feel conflicted about this novel. I think it is well written, but it deals with some serious subjects like religion. It definitely brings emotions out, but I think it will be a different reading experience depending on what personal views you bring in. I like a book where it is open for different interpretations. I give this novel a 4/5. I recommend this to someone looking for a book that will make them think and not an easy fun read.

-PAUL


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Glow Book One of the Sky Chasers Amy Kathleen Ryan Books Reviews

Glow (don't let the cutesy name fool you, there's craziness to go around in this book) starts with Kieran and Waverly, two teenagers aboard the spaceship called Empyrean, whose mission is to traverse space to New Earth from the old, dying Earth they left behind. Whilst crossing a nebula, however, they're attacked by the other ship that left Earth a year before them, the New Horizon. They kidnap all the young girls, including Waverly, and kill some people in the process. It falls to Kieran and to Waverly to fix the whole situation, kilometers away from each other in deep space.

That synopsis up there makes no justice to this book. Really, the story is so engrossing and the characters so interesting there's never a moment of boredom. You think you know who the bad guys are, how it's going to end, what's going to happen, but turns out you're wrong. It's not that there were twists, properly speaking. I don't know, some people may think of the shifts in the plot as twists, but they were so subtle and fluid I just saw them as the new destination the narrative was taking.

I think you can safely say that a book is well written when you hate the characters the writer meant for you to hate, feel for the ones the writer wants you to feel for and when the plot is so intense you're capable of being enthralled even when nothing action-y is happening. This is the case here, only there's a catch when it comes to knowing which character to suspect you can't know for sure. Some characters go through life changing ordeals throughout the book that changes their outlook on life, and that also changes their attitude and the way you think of them.

Also, I thought it was really interesting how Amy Ryan approached the subject of a self proclaimed messiah. Such character wasn't some religious bigot before, nor did he think he had insight into God's mind, but after spending a month starving, the voice he heard in his head, the one that at first was his parents telling him it'd be ok, then was his girlfriend's telling him she'd join him again turned into a faceless voice. A voice that told him he'd be ok, that promised him freedom and everything he wanted. Surely, then, it must've been the voice of God. Except wasn't it just a voice in his head caused by prolonged starvation? I think this was a genius approach to the matter, and although I won't comment further so as to not cause any religious debate, let's just say I agree fully with this book.

Anyway, no matter what you take away from this review, bottom line is pick this book up now and read it. Seriously. You're going to love it.
This book is a nice science fiction story with enough excitement to make you anxious to continue reading, but with enough character development and thoughtful moral ambiguity to appeal to the cerebral side of any enthusiast of the genre.

I don't want to say too much, but the novel has charismatic young leads that remind me of the young main characters of the Hunger Games. Also, the ethical meat of the story gives the entire work the feel of the older science fiction writers (Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut [think Harrison Bergeron], etc.).

I rarely say this, but it would be great if they made a movie out of this story as long as they kept the intellectual material and didn't sacrifice it to give more screen time to over-the-top special effects.
First, I must say that this novel is "dark". I heard a lot of other reviews mentioning this before I read it and I have to agree with them. This isn't a happy YA novel where everything just falls into place and things turn out chipper. At times, I was even frustrated while reading it. Now, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I am unsure. It shows that I was emotionally invested in the story and characters. I think it also shows that Ryan is a great writer.

This book deals with some subjects that are usually not dealt with in YA, especially not in this way. Religion is at the forefront of the plot. One spaceship is secular, while the other is religious. Over the course of me reading this novel, I felt certain parts were creeping the line of being preachy, but then the next chapter would cut down the viewpoint that was put on the pedestal. Even after having finished reading, I am unsure which way the author wants the reader to think. And I think that may have been her intention. I felt like I read into some scenes based on my own personal views and what I thought the author was trying to say. This novel definitely makes you think.

Ryan's writing is very realistic. The situation the characters are in do not have easy solutions. The relationships and characters are all very complicated and rounded, with twists and turns. This made me frustrated at times while reading, because I couldn't figure out the way the characters were going to escape a situation. Like I already said, I think that's a sign of good writing.

The world Ryan created is also very realistic. It isn't a space traveling universe where everything comes easy and technology is the answer to everything. It's a believable future.

Overall, I feel conflicted about this novel. I think it is well written, but it deals with some serious subjects like religion. It definitely brings emotions out, but I think it will be a different reading experience depending on what personal views you bring in. I like a book where it is open for different interpretations. I give this novel a 4/5. I recommend this to someone looking for a book that will make them think and not an easy fun read.

-PAUL