Deeply gripping and resonant look at the emotional state of a young crew of astronauts on a 20 year mission to a new habitable planet.

Don't read this for the science, you'll be painfully disappointed. This is definitely about the (emotional and physical) journey and not about any actual destination. You end up caring a lot about the younger members of the crew as you learn about how they decided to go on this endless journey as well as how they cope with the everyday realities of it. I was really fascinated in the in-depth exploration that the book does into this.

If not for how well I think the book did in depicting the younger characters, I would have rated this down to a 3 stars for 1) the ending and the ultimate choices some characters made that seemed inconsistent with the rest of the story, 2) the scientific lapses and logical leaps you have to make, especially toward the end of the book and also 3) the book seems to forget about the older adult astronauts that are on the journey.

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