Review by AppleseedDrama -- Daisy's Run by Scott Baron

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[Following is a volunteer review of "Daisy's Run" by Scott Baron.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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[The following is an onlinebookclub review of Daisy's Run by Scott Baron]

Daisy’s Run is a Science Fiction novel about Daisy, a gifted mechanic, who is the member of the crew of a ship homeward bound towards Earth. The crew is abruptly awakened from cryo-sleep to handle some disastrous damage to their ship which the ship’s Artificial Intelligence and cyborg crew member can not handle on their own. The crew remains awake for the rest of their journey to repair and monitor the damage. However, tragedy after tragedy begins to take a nefarious tinge and the ship and the crew may not be what they seem. Daisy takes it upon herself to investigate and uncover the truth.

This is a great book for Sci Fi fans. The world is interesting. I liked that the science fiction elements are explained in a way that is easy to understand and visualize. The copy editing was good and I did not notice spelling/grammar errors while reading.

I found the book to be fairly slow paced. The first third of the book seems to be introduction and set up and the mystery unfolds slowly such that I could anticipate many of the twists long before they were explained.

This book is not appropriate for children or young teens as there is a lot of sexual content. While I did not find the sexual content to be insulting or extremely graphic (often it “cuts to black”), I did find that the sex scenes occurred with tiresome frequency and I know it will not be appealing to many people. I also thought that the sex was used to illustrate the closeness between Daisy and her boyfriend, however this could be done, and was in fact done, much better through other interactions. In fact, the gestures they do for each other (baking cookies, making birthday surprises, etc.) were a much better way of communicating their affection for one another than the sex scenes were at any point.

I did not like Daisy’s character. She is a mechanic, but she is a technophobe. I found this contradictory and tiresome. It made her feel inconsistent in mentality and age. One minute she feels young and fresh - doing martial arts and solving complex mechanical problems; the next minute she is expounds at length about how she fears all artificial technology and even psychology and would rather go back to watching TV shows from the 1970s (even though it is set in the future). She is also outright hateful towards her crewmates with artificial limbs and cybernetic enhancements—crewmates who only have such things because of tragedy in their past resulting in sometimes massive disfigurement not because they simply preferred a body modification. It seemed a really hateful message towards real amputees and people living with and who need accommodations for disability. Her approach to the psychologist on board also demonized mental health treatment in a way I felt damaging. Even if her mistrust allowed her to be warned of problems early it just provided her an “I told you so” mentality throughout the book I found obnoxious. I really did not enjoy experiencing the lush world of this book through her hateful worldview, but would have really loved this book if told through the perspective of another narrator.

This is the first book in a series. Unfortunately, this book does not offer much closure as a way to lead into subsequent books. I would have preferred this to be a complete story within itself.

I give this book 2 out of 4 stars.

I was given a copy of the book in exchange for my honest review.

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