Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Zoe's Tale
Book Review: Zoe's Tale -- great read!
Summary: 4 Stars
Zoe's Tale takes place in the same universe as the book The Last Colony, only from the perspective of a rather surprisingly mature teenager who has a great deal of insight, and who deeply loves her friends and family. She is forced to grow up very fast indeed when the future of the Colonial Union and the Conclave seems to be headed straight for war. And she acts with maturity, grace, humor, and forthrightness. A very exciting character! The only thing I would change about it is to make it just a little less gushy and drop the YA elements. That is my sole criticism of this book, the latest product of John Scalzi's inimitable style and imagination.Book Review: beautiful revisit
Summary: 5 Stars
fot those who loved 'old man's war' and the books that followed, as did I, this book is a lovely revisit of parts of the story. I thought it would be redondant and resisted reading it but I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.Book Review: intriguing
Summary: 4 Stars
Jane Sagan and John Perry have been recruited to establish Roanoke, a new human colony. When they agreed to help, neither Jane nor John expected interference or hostility from the scheming amoral home-world government. They were also taken aback by local shapeshifters and under alien assault by a federation violently opposed to human expansion into their sector.
While they struggle with those threatening to demolish the colony, their adopted teenage child Zoe ignores the big picture; instead she has fun with her boyfriend Enzo and her sarcastic best friend Gretchen while flirting with her Obin bodyguards. The Obin pair keeps Zoe on a pedestal due to her late biological father, a God to that species because of an incredible scientific discovery he made.
THE LAST COLONY contains much of the same events that occur in ZOE'S TALE but with a differing perspective as that novel was through the eyes of Jane and John. Thus, though ZOE'S TALE is well written and entertaining, to those who read THE LAST COLONY, it has a déjà vu feel. Still comparing the viewpoints is fun as interpretations of what is going on differ between the teen and the adults enhancing the intriguing read as the devil is in the details and that is where Zoe sees things radically diverse from her adoptive parents.
Harriet Klausner