Planetfall
Book description
From Emma Newman, the award-nominated author of Between Two Thorns, comes a novel of how one secret withheld to protect humanity's future might be its undoing...
Renata Ghali believed in Lee Suh-Mi's vision of a world far beyond Earth, calling to humanity. A planet promising to reveal the truth about…
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2 authors picked Planetfall as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Emma Watson firmly places herself in the mind of the protagonist Renata Ghali. Through this semi-reliable narrator, we learn that in this perfect planned society, a lot is happening beneath the still surface. This novel unfolds slowly, layering the pieces on scene by scene until something startling (which I don’t want to ruin for you) happens to the main character. Often in sci-fi, you see the character make some monumental decision, and then they win, and everything’s happy. This book doesn’t do that. Instead, it looks at the very real-feeling impact of said “monumental decision” on those who made it.…
From Andrew's list on sci-fi featuring world-changing female badasses.
In comparison to others on this list, Planetfall’s Ren is certainly one of the more senior characters. At over seventy years old, she’s an engineer, a scientist, and the keeper of a secret that greatly affects her day-to-day life. Her story is told in the present with scattered flashbacks which reveal the intricate details associated with coming to a new world. She is brilliant, she is vulnerable, and she is extremely human. Her complexity as a character is equal parts real and haunting. My favorite aspect of this story is the pacing. We learn about Ren and the events…
From T.J.'s list on featuring a memorable female protagonist.
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