Growing Up Weightless

3.5 stars This is a coming of age science fiction novel that I likely would have never read if it hadn't been released as part of the Tor Essentials line. This is a very character driven novel with a slow, yet engaging plot. I liked the character of Matt who was a likable young man. The setting of the......more

Hazte a un lado, Becky Chambers. Así es como se hace una novela de ciencia ficción intimista, sosegada, tranquila, pero con una introspección tan honda que irrumpió y se precipitó en los primeros lugares de mi provisional top de lecturas de 2023. Hace unos meses leí entre todos los newsletters y art......more

I read this one based on a recommendation in a book by Jo Walton, otherwise I'd have never heard of it. Nevertheless, it's the kind of thing I love: a coming of age / slice of life story set on the moon, where the characters are a bunch of kids who grew up there and take everything for granted. Ther......more

Excellent world-building; terrible pacing. Teenage Matt and his friends live on the moon and have grown up with its culture of resenting earth and being able to jump really high (a more accurate title would have been Growing Up in Low Gravity). It's a slice-of-life sci-fye, but it feels like somethi......more