Skyward

Best book I've read in ages

4.5 de 5
Sanderson es una máquina. No venía con muchas esperanzas de algo sobresaliente , ya que era su “primera” incursión en la ciencia ficción , pero me equivoqué.
La obra si bien está apuntada en el papel a un público más “juvenil” , en realidad es más parecida a mistborn, “un juvenil maduro “(no se que otro nombre ponerle jajaj).

Buena historia, buenos secundarios (que me hizo falta un poco más de ellos para encariñarme más ), tremendo final y sobre todo tremendo personaje principal . La secuela apunta bastante alto, así que ahora voy con hype.

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El final me recordó la sensación que dejó en mi el final del videojuego Mass Effect, esa sensación de que hay algo demasiado grande y peligroso ahí fuera .

Gorgeous, face paced scifi! I enjoyed every minute of this book, and cannot wait for the second one.

This is my first Brandon Sanderson book, and I must say it did not disappoint. I am pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this read, even though I am not much of a science fiction fan. It has likable characters and an engaging plot which kept me interesting all the way through.

The characters are the best part of this book. Spensa, aka Spin, is young woman fighting against a lot of obstacles, both internal and external. I enjoyed following her journey of discovery. The secondary characters are a diverse bunch with many interesting traits and personalities. The AI character of M-Bot brings some needed humor to the story in times of conflict and crisis. It's just a great cast of characters.

The plot has enough twists and turns to be engaging throughout the book. The flight scenes are exciting and tense, while the everyday scenes with Spin, Rig, and M-Bot bring some humor and light-hearted banter to the story. My only complaint is the revelations about the enemy in the end. I find them quite far-fetched and a bit a let down after all the build up. Other than that, I enjoyed the plot.

Overall, I am glad I decided to try this popular author, and I am glad I chose this book as my starting point. It was an easy, engaging read with an exciting plot.

Sanderson is one of those authors that rarely puts a foot wrong for me. Skyward is his take on SciFi and it knocks it out the park again.

The world of Skyward is an intriguing one - humanity is trapped on a planet that isn't Earth continuously fighting against the Krell, an ambiguous alien race. An elite group of fighter pilots combat this threat, fighting an attritional battle that they are losing. Spensa, our main protagonist is the daughter of a disgraced pilot, but longs to follow in his footsteps into the sky.

The main bulk of the story is a coming of age tale of Spensa training to become a pilot and the obstacles she has to overcome to get there. At the same time there are some brilliant allusions to something more going on - how did her father end up disgraced, what happened and how did humanity end up in this war?

Sanderson has a wonderful easy reading prose that is so comfortable to relax into. His world building and character work is second to none. This particular work sits on an intriguing boundary between YA and adult SciFi, yet works brilliantly well as both. A stellar read and I look forward to continuing the series!

9/10

Loved this book so much and can't wait to start the sequel

Sanderson is a masterful writer, and it shines though every word in this book.
I could reiterate thoughts others have expressed - you need some time to warm up to Spensa (but when you do, you can't help but love her), M-bot is fantastic, Cobb is wonderful, the entire Skyward Flight is full of nuanced and complicated characters who I all loved and cried for. I can't wait to see more of Jorgen particularly, I think there's some good setup there for some fantastic character development. I'm also super excited to see what Rig/the DDF can do to help upgrade their ships with the tech M-bot has.
I can't wait to see more of this world.

Honor y lealtad

Cuán peligrosos somos los seres humanos? Mientras nos mantengamos ignorantes, la Tierra es una cárcel para retener esa peligrosidad humana? Solo los que estén en capacidad para aceptar qué hay una comunidad intreplanetaria en la cual el ser humano es una silla más, desperraremos y podremos hacer contacto.

This book surprised me so much, because not only was it an amazing read, it was consistently, from beginning to end, FUN! I can't remember the last time I was so thoroughly and continuously invested from the first chapter on.

3.5 to 4ish. Spensa in the beginning was downright insufferable and while I understand that was part of her character it forced an unenjoyable reading experience. Spensa does grow up a bit and open more towards the last 100 pgs or so and becoming down to earth. I'm interested in the sequel and I hope for more character development from Spensa.

I love Brandon Sanderson. I was skeptical about this one just because it's sci-fi, but I should have known it would be fantastic. I absolutely loved it! The writing, characters, and everything about this book is fantastic. Definitely a new favorite.

Primero voy a decir dos cosas 1) LEAN ESTE LIBRO POR EL AMOR A DIOS 2) ESTE ES UN LIBRO DE 6 ESTRELLAS NO 5.

Bien, no puedo describir lo que disfrute esta lectura, tal vez me llevo más tiempo de lo que creí terminarlo pero cada oración que leí la disfrute con mí alma.
Ame este universo que creo Sanderson, como manejo cada descripción sobre los elementos que forman este mundo.
Spensa, la cual es la protagonista de esta historia, es un personaje ASOMBROSO de derecho y revés; algo que me encantó de este personaje es la forma en la que nunca se rindió, no importa lo que dijeran los demás de ella o de su pasado. Siempre intento dar pelea y lo mejor de si para poder avanzar, y es algo que, por así decirlo, me hizo quererla mucho.
Otra cosa que fue algo que me interesó fue el hecho de que no hay una pizca de romance, no hay una pareja, no hay coqueteo, y me encantó porque no es necesario que un libro tenga romance para disfrutarlo.
Ahora la frutilla del postre, M-Bot, creo que ame desde que apareció hasta que terminó, el sarcasmo que usaba? SI A TODO.

Adoré cada segundo de este libro. Nada más que decir.

I really like the gradual and believable character growth individually and with each other, the exploration of the coward vs courageous theme and of course the starship fights!

i was gonna give this one star but m-bot deserves more than that

Qué gran libro de Sanderson. Había descansado un poco de él tras su saga de los hijos de la bruma, y tenía cierto reparo por si era demasiado juvenil el libro. Y sí, son jóvenes, pero la temática es muy buena, ciencia ficción ligera fácil de leer, en ocasiones emocionante y muy muy disfrutable.
Buen primer libro que abre un universo gigantesco con unas posibilidades inmensas. Voy a por la segunda parte ya mismo.

Oh my stars! I loved this book!

This was lovely! The fun of Star Wars with the excitement of Hunger Games.

This book is amazing! I love this world! I know it's only February but I have no doubts that Skyward is going to be my TOP favorite of 2020.

This book: Wow.

The audio performance: WOW.

I did enjoy the characters even though Spensa was some what annoying at first, there was growth in her character. I liked M-bot. For over a 500 page book, not much happened though and only a handful of big moments came to be, the rest felt like watching a daily vlog of the same thing.

I will read the 2nd but I'm in no rush.

Really enjoyed. I always go with the underdog! Spensa for the win.

Spensa is incredibly written. Sanderson captures her emotions so well, and I almost felt what she did the whole way through. The plot was exciting, and I cannot wait to read the sequel.

Enjoying the series so far looking forward to the further adventures of Spin and Skyward Flight.

This book was amazing! It was really fast-paced, the story sucked you in immediately and it was action packed. I loved it. Can't wait to read book two!