Review: Soft but fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2012
Defying Gravity is a YA, soft-SF novella. Or maybe it's a romance in an SF wrapper. I can't say too much more about the story than the synopsis does, without giving away too many details. ;-) The story is extremely character-driven, which I mostly like, but I'd have also liked a few more details here and there.But no matter. The story itself was a fun (if brief) read, and there were a couple of places where I laughed out loud. The initial chapters do a very good job of introducing the two main characters, their motivations and background -- so when the two are thrown together, the story flows pretty naturally. The author did a good job of avoiding the "oh come ON" moments that can infest soft-SF, and there were only one or two handwaves.If hard sci-fi is your thing, you'll want to pass on this one. Most other people should enjoy it though.