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Okay, I admit, in part I'm giving this book 4 stars because I am fond of it, and because I read it when I was young. I gave Patrick Rothfuss's *excellent* book 4 stars. I may have to bump his up to prevent confusion. Also because it probably deserves it. This book is AnneMcCaffrey's first fantasy novel, if I remember correctly. Her early work is her best. This short novel moves fast and...more

Okay, I admit, in part I'm giving this book 4 stars because I am fond of it, and because I read it when I was young. I gave Patrick Rothfuss's *excellent* book 4 stars. I may have to bump his up to prevent confusion. Also because it probably deserves it. This book is AnneMcCaffrey's first fantasy novel, if I remember correctly. Her early work is her best. This short novel moves fast and has a very appealing protagonist. Sara wakes one day on an alien planet, discovering she is the unwitting attendant to a man held prisoner in an insane asylum. The two of them escape and a then swept up in a web of alien politics and war. The book is fun to read, if you are willing to overlook certain logical fallacies. The alien culture is more similar to ours than, for instance, Asian cultures. There is a huge coincidence that they look almost exactly like us. Sara learns the alien language almost by magic! she barely homesick, and never suffers any depression or culture shock... rare enough for international, much less interstellar, travellers. But if you ignore all that, the book is fun. It is a romance, so beware if you are against it - but if you any Anne McCaffrey, you know it's in every book.   hide