Pip the Badger's Reviews > Far Flung

Full disclosure: I did not expect to be reading this book. In fact, I won it on accident at a convention, but let me tell you, that must have been the universe speaking to me because this ended up being, I think, my favorite book I have ever read. I read it quickly too- in three days. It's just that good.

When you pick up Far Flung, you can expect a tightly written science fiction story about love, empathy, and connection in a disparate and harsh time and place. Everything about this books writing, from the worldbuilding to the romance between the three main characters, is made to support those themes and nothing about the books writing, exposition, or lore fails to tie into the themes the book is trying to explore.

But if picking apart themes isn't your thing and you care more about how a book makes you feel, then you're still in luck: This book made me FEEL things. The power of human connection and love is a hard thing to get a reader, especially me, to feel without sounding sappy or making a story that doesn't have enough conflict. But this book does it damn near perfectly.

Also, there are so many parts of this book that are just absolutely adorable. I don't want to say much , but if the idea of psychic mind hugs from adorable fennec foxes piques your interest, start the book now for that alone, and you'll end up coming to love everything else about his book very quickly.