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[Following is a volunteer review of "Daisy's Run" by Scott Baron.]
Daisy’s Run by Scott Baron
I was so excited to read a Science Fiction book with a female lead but in the end, I was left with mixed feelings about this book. I was immediately hooked within the first few pages but as time went on I had to drag myself through it. I would overall rate Daisy’s Run 2 out of 4 stars, I really enjoyed the storyline but I had a hard time with the writing of the main female character as well as some scenes that were confusing, jarring, and almost cringeworthy.
This book starts off with meeting the characters and crew members as they are waking up from cryosleep early because their ship was damaged by some debris. Their ship’s AI and full cyborg have tried to figure out and fix the problem themselves but ultimately cannot. So they decide to wake up the crew early from their sleep to deal with the damaged ship. This is where you meet Daisy, who is a snarky, stubborn tech whose main job is to make sure the ship is working properly. You also meet the rest of the crew, who she has never met before waking up. During their cryosleep, they were all fed information about each other, as well as training skills, and skills to help them with their daily jobs. After the emergency situation is fixed and contained there is a bit of a time jump where you find all the crewmates in their normal daily routines. During a routine check with Daisy and Sarah, her friend and fellow tech, they find an air leak. Something happens while they are investigating the whereabouts of the air leak, which leads Daisy into a spiral of suspicion and doubts as she tries and figures out more about who her crewmates and friends really are.
There were some good things about this book by Scott Baron, I really did enjoy the storyline as well as the main arch of the story. I really thought I had an idea of where this book and ending were leading to but I was happily mistaken. So it was very refreshing to have such a unique storyline that caught me off guard in a good way. How we got to the main arch of the story was a little rough and a little slow.
The biggest issue I had with Daisy’s Run is that I could tell a male writer was writing a female character. I had a hard time with her brash no thinking decisions, or during emotional situations, she would not listen to ANY reason, or even show she had emotions. She was very hard to relate to, things she said, actions she made, made no sense, or they were so abrupt it was jarring. The sex scenes were very cringy and how she processed things didn’t feel like how most women respond or think. Another issue I had with this book is about 80% into it I felt there wasn’t going to be enough time to wrap up the ending, and it wasn’t enough time. I had to reread a few scenes and characters were thrown in and out so fast, I honestly got lost.
Overall this book had a refreshing story idea but fell short in the storytelling, or relatable characters. The timing was off of how long to build up to the main arch as well as rushed when we finally got to the main plot point. The main character was emotional and unemotional at the wrong times, she was very hard to relate to. I really wanted to like this book more but towards the end, I was having to force myself to continue and move past cringy dialog and jarring scenes.
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Daisy's Run
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Daisy’s Run by Scott Baron
I was so excited to read a Science Fiction book with a female lead but in the end, I was left with mixed feelings about this book. I was immediately hooked within the first few pages but as time went on I had to drag myself through it. I would overall rate Daisy’s Run 2 out of 4 stars, I really enjoyed the storyline but I had a hard time with the writing of the main female character as well as some scenes that were confusing, jarring, and almost cringeworthy.
This book starts off with meeting the characters and crew members as they are waking up from cryosleep early because their ship was damaged by some debris. Their ship’s AI and full cyborg have tried to figure out and fix the problem themselves but ultimately cannot. So they decide to wake up the crew early from their sleep to deal with the damaged ship. This is where you meet Daisy, who is a snarky, stubborn tech whose main job is to make sure the ship is working properly. You also meet the rest of the crew, who she has never met before waking up. During their cryosleep, they were all fed information about each other, as well as training skills, and skills to help them with their daily jobs. After the emergency situation is fixed and contained there is a bit of a time jump where you find all the crewmates in their normal daily routines. During a routine check with Daisy and Sarah, her friend and fellow tech, they find an air leak. Something happens while they are investigating the whereabouts of the air leak, which leads Daisy into a spiral of suspicion and doubts as she tries and figures out more about who her crewmates and friends really are.
There were some good things about this book by Scott Baron, I really did enjoy the storyline as well as the main arch of the story. I really thought I had an idea of where this book and ending were leading to but I was happily mistaken. So it was very refreshing to have such a unique storyline that caught me off guard in a good way. How we got to the main arch of the story was a little rough and a little slow.
The biggest issue I had with Daisy’s Run is that I could tell a male writer was writing a female character. I had a hard time with her brash no thinking decisions, or during emotional situations, she would not listen to ANY reason, or even show she had emotions. She was very hard to relate to, things she said, actions she made, made no sense, or they were so abrupt it was jarring. The sex scenes were very cringy and how she processed things didn’t feel like how most women respond or think. Another issue I had with this book is about 80% into it I felt there wasn’t going to be enough time to wrap up the ending, and it wasn’t enough time. I had to reread a few scenes and characters were thrown in and out so fast, I honestly got lost.
Overall this book had a refreshing story idea but fell short in the storytelling, or relatable characters. The timing was off of how long to build up to the main arch as well as rushed when we finally got to the main plot point. The main character was emotional and unemotional at the wrong times, she was very hard to relate to. I really wanted to like this book more but towards the end, I was having to force myself to continue and move past cringy dialog and jarring scenes.
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