Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Space ship psychologist becomes a not-great detective on a mysterious mission

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

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I don’t remember what prompted me to download “We Have Always Been Here” on my Kindle — it must have happened during a moment of rare reading motivation before that was extinguished by *gestures* life — but I thought a space thriller could be a promising page-turner for my second read of the year. And while it’s definitely happening in space and I definitely wanted the pages to keep turning (to reach the end), this novel by Lena Nguyen was ultimately disappointing. The brief glimmers […]

Space horror, androids and a super creepy ship

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

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CBR13 Bingo: Landscape I am always here for space horror, especially ones that question the definition of human consciousness. And this book is creepily atmospheric, starring a fascinating main character who has her work cut out for her trying to be the therapist for the thirteen other human crew members on a mission to evaluate a planet for possible human colonization. It wasn’t supposed to be that way – Park’s mentor was supposed to be the primary therapist while Park was just supposed to be […]



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