Heather Kaczynski
Hardcover | Pages: 377 pages Rating: 3.9 | 1226 Users | 319 Reviews
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| Title | : | Dare Mighty Things (Dare Mighty Things #1) |
| Author | : | Heather Kaczynski |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 377 pages |
| Published | : | October 10th 2017 by HarperTeen |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Young Adult. Space |
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The Selection meets The 5th Wave in this heart-racing debut duology about a girl competing for a spot on a mysterious mission to the outer reaches of space.THE RULES ARE SIMPLE: You must be gifted. You must be younger than twenty-five. You must be willing to accept the dangers that you will face if you win.
Eighteen-year-old Cassandra Gupta's entire life has been leading up to this--the opportunity to travel to space. But to secure a spot on this classified mission, she must first compete against the best and brightest people on the planet. People who are as determined as she is to win a place on a journey to the farthest reaches of the universe.
Cassie is ready for the toll that the competition will take; the rigorous mental and physical tests designed to push her to the brink of her endurance. But nothing could have prepared her for the bonds she would form with the very people she hopes to beat. Or that with each passing day it would be more and more difficult to ignore the feeling that the true objective of the mission is being kept from her.
As the days until the launch tick down and the stakes rise higher than ever before, only one thing is clear to Cassie: she'll never back down...even if it costs her everything.
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| ISBN: | 0062479865 (ISBN13: 9780062479860) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dare Mighty Things #1 |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 1226 Users | 319 ReviewsAssess Of Books Dare Mighty Things (Dare Mighty Things #1)
Full disclosure, Heather is my critique partner--this review will become less vague when the book goes to print! I've read DARE MIGHTY THINGS through many drafts, and fallen in love with all of these characters. (Even the ones I hate, I love. It's crippling.) She has a great voice, strong character arcs, and awesome suspense--but my favorite part about Cassie's story is how hard she works for what she wants. Cassie is an Indian-American intern at NASA when her boss recommends her to a classifiedI'm here for asexual heroines! Sadly, I wasn't wowed with the book for several reasons. This book was written to appeal the younger audience, so if you're 13, I think you might enjoy this very much. Heroine's voice was too childish for me, despite her being very mature for her age. The other reason was simple. A lot of time was spent on planning for space travelling and there was so little actual space.
I have no idea how to go about attempting to explain this book or my thoughts on it. It was...a ride. Rating undecided.
I've been lucky to read a couple truly great books about girls in STEM lately! DARE MIGHTY THINGS is one of them and it kept me up all night. The characters are extremely well-written and well-rounded, especially Cassie Gupta, our brainy, competitive, asexual protagonist. Another favorite of mine was one of the competitors, Emilio, who kept me laughing all the way through even during intense scenes. The book has some hardcore science but I never ever felt lost - the author does such a great job
A little bit like Divergent, but it's a space training. This was awesome. Dare Mighty Things takes place in a relatively near future and we follow Cassandra Gupta, aged 18, who is the youngest person participating in a space training competition and who is determined to win the only spot in a new secret mission. The cast of characters is very diverse: Cassandra herself is half-Indian and asexual and there are other POC and queer characters. I also really appreciated that Cass was vegetarian and
3.5/5 starsInitial thoughts:This book is the first book of a new YA Science Fiction series (there are supposed to be two books).I found this book very interesting. I had no idea what to expect. But I loved that Cassie was Indian-American. And I loved that she was in a competition to be part of a classified space program.Even though most of the book is the competition I really enjoyed the people she was competing against.Where the book let me down was the ending. The book took an unexpected turn
Thank you very much to HarperCollins for providing a copy of the novel in exchange for an honest review.Dare Mighty Things is an extraordinary debut that features an Indian-American asexual protagonist in the fight of her life for the slim opportunity to go to space. Heather Kaczynskis novel is a thrilling tale of ambition, power and deadly secrets that will change the course of human history.Dare Mighty Things was chock full of suspense and my eyes were glued to the page, frantically reading,
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