Twists thrown in at the end are perhaps not developed as much as I hoped, but it's no huge loss – I put this book down feeling rather shell shocked and a little lost – and it was only upon reflection I realised quite how engrossed I had been. The overarching mystery is a huge one – and whilst the book has a slow, gentle start, the pace picks up with aplomb, racing towards a climax. The journey she goes on is not the huge operatic journey you may be expecting from a science fiction book, but is instead a hugely personal one, both for Ren and, in some places, for some people, for the reader. Ren is not always hugely likeable, but she is always sympathetic and provides a wry, dry, damaged, but often perceptive outlook on events, and is an intriguing companion for the reader. It's an even bigger wonder that it is so, so darn good.įirstly – the protagonist. It's a wonder then that she had enough time to write her first full-length science fiction novel. When a stranger appears, bearing a strong resemblance to the hidden Suh-Mi, secrets can no longer be hidden – secrets that may just destroy the colony…Įmma Newman has previously written three fantasy novels, various short stories, works as a professional audiobook reader, and produces a hugely successful and award-winning podcast on the side, in which she enters into conversation with various accomplished authors and illustrators. Ren works hard alone, generating the tools needed for survival – and harbouring a secret that could destroy everything they have worked to build. Twenty-two years later, the new colony still functions – based around a mysterious alien structure into which Suh-Mi has resided in isolation.
Ren believed in that vision enough to give up everything and followed the pathfinder Suh-Mi into the unknown.
A planet promising to reveal the truth about our place in the cosmos, and untainted by overpopulation, pollution and war. Ren believed in Lee Suh-Mi's vision of a world far beyond our one, calling to humanity. Summary: Ambitious, broad reaching and yet personal, touching, and hugely affecting – Planetfall is enthralling – a twisting corkscrew of a plot that reaches deep inside the reader and stirs emotions masterfully
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