Skyward

I greatly enjoy Brandon Sanderson's fantasy novels. His world-building and magic systems always have an interesting logic - balancing a power's advantages against its limitations or disadvantages. I always feel that those rules would translate directly into a well-tuned RPG.

"Skyward" is the first Sanderson science fiction I've read, but it won't be the last. It's a hard sci-fi YA adventure with a teenage girl protagonist who makes mistakes and embarrasses herself but has you cheering her on every step of the way.

The technology and action scenes are convincing, and I enjoyed the way Sanderson went into some detail about how the spacecraft and their weapons worked.

Overall the plot was a little predictable but didn't detract from the fun of the story, and the final revelation was a good surprise and set-up for the sequel.

There were like 5 skirmishes described in great detail, while the plot didn't move forward with it.

It was so funny even through it was predictable. I don't believe that they could actually have coffee or icecream, if they have only a civilization of 7000 people. They don't have enough orchards, I don't get where they would raise their animals. I do not even see how they could have transported those animals when they had to flee. There is no real explanation about the energy for the ships which drove me nuts. All this flying and shooting? Costs so so much power.
Where did they get the shipbuilding machine from?
There are so many problems with this. But aside from this it was fun to read.

Wow, this was really good. I felt a bit like I was reading an Ernist Cline at points.

Although it's a difficult one to put yourself into, I still found myself cheering along and very much enjoying it. Finished late into the night and very much looking forward to more.