Interesting Facts About Space
Ratings33
Average rating4
Gah this really hit me in the feels. Enid is so relatable. I should probably go back to therapy…
5:
I thought I was supposed to be doing the reading? How come it feels like the book was reading me instead??
I have never felt so seen by a piece of media before and I almost can't believe it's happening with some book I decided to pick up on a random Tuesday all because the cover had little windows and stars on it and I thought it was pretty. Gah!!!!!!! I almost don't want to read anything else by Emily Austin because I don't want to ruin this. I know the book is supposed to be funny but while reading I was mostly engulfed in a sense of second-hand anxiety that I mostly only feel when out in public. But this was like, in a good bad way. You know?
This novel definitely came together by the end, but the first two-thirds were quite slow. I think it's important to have a piece of literature with a neurodivergent lesbian as the lead, but the story should aim to hold the attention of all readers.
I likely would still recommend to fans of novels and LGBT media, but there are many other books I would recommend first.
An absolutely endearing book about a woman tormented by her past albeit much more by her present self.
Enid is a lesbian with (romantic and platonic, pretty much across the board) commitment issues. She is deaf in one ear and addicted to true crime podcasts . She works as an information architect for a NASA-esque company.
Everything about Enid is either intensely relatable or bafflingly inexplicable. Relegating your own disabilities and mental health challenges to the backburner to focus on family members instead? So true it hurts. Hating all landlords? Check. Being truly, genuinely terrified of bald men? What are you talking about.
This book won me over completely. It somehow both reminded me of [b:Eleanor Oliphant|31434883|Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine|Gail Honeyman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1493724347l/31434883.SY75.jpg|47327681] and that Reddit post about the guy who got carbon monoxide poisoning.
The cast of characters is flawed but sympathetic and human, and their interactions can be startlingly hilarious. The moments they are honest are explosions of vulnerability after trying to keep it together or ignore what is really going on. When people do finally open up, the relief I felt as a reader was palpable, because I had gotten so caught up in the characters' confusion and panic and dread.
Suffice it to say, this is a new favorite. From the music sandwiching the story to Natalie Naudus' expressive narration to reveals that were simultaneously stupid and clever, this book is one for the books.
This was strange? Not super cohesive. Maybe my problem with some genre-defying books is that I don't know how I'm supposed to behave as a reader. Am I supposed to be solving a mystery or just hanging out with these characters?
4,5
new favorite author....she's very talented
her characters are neurodivergent and it's so good to see that in books ! so yeah the depictions are
It just didn't do it for me the same way her other book did, I'm sorry. I think it reminded me too much of the worst parts of death of a bookseller
I did like it overall but I was hoping for slightly more facts about space. Also the pacing felt a bit off, we don't learn that much about the MC until the very end and then it comes all really fast at once. Would have liked a bit more hints sprinkled in about what's really going on.