Skyward

, #1

528 pages

English language

Published Dec. 31, 2017 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.

ISBN:
978-1-4732-1785-0
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SPENSA'S WORLD HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK FOR DECADES.

Now pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race, and becoming one has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring skyward and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with her father's--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa the daughter of a coward, her chances of attending Flight School slim to none.

No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, yet fate works in mysterious ways. Flight school might be a long shot, but she is determined to fly. And an accidental discovery in a long-forgotten cavern might just provide her with a way to claim the stars.

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Review of 'Skyward' on 'Goodreads'

2022 Re-read: I remember reading this on a flight and finishing the book and wanting to capture that high you feel after a good book. A few years later Skyward was a refreshing read and found most of the content new to me. I know the scope of the series expands significantly in the next book so I tried to appreciate the time spent at Detritus.

Finished the book while on a flight and took some notes with my thoughts on the book. These won’t be well formed but at least I was able to capture my immediate post-read thoughts.

You fix it, and you fly. You find a way, and you defy them. For those of us who don’t have the courage.


Where is my little girl, who wanted to swing a sword and conquer the world?

She’s very confused. A bit lost.


Classic non-Cosmere Sanderson!
This book …

Review of 'Skyward' on 'Goodreads'

Naruto meets Catch 22, in space. At the start of the book it felt a little too YA, but but I think some of the cringiest moments are there to contrast against the latter third, which is non stop action and very hard to put down. I got strong anime vibes from the whole thing, and the story plays out as you'd expect it you've seen any tournament series. It has some interesting things to say about war, courage and militaristic cultures and makes a good counterpoint to the likes of Ender's Game. I think it can also be read as a parable about neurodiversity, but to say more would involve spoilers. I'd definitely recommend this to any YA nerds, and judging by the other reviews plenty have found it already

reviewed Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (Skyward, #1)

Review of 'Skyward' on 'Goodreads'

непогана підліткова (12-15 років) фантастика, читається легко, на однім вдиху, і не страждає надміру на "синдром барбі-літератури". схвалюю.

Review of 'Skyward' on 'Goodreads'

It's great. No hard feelings for writing this instead of the next Stormlight Archive book!

It's a pretty safe endeavour of course. Harry Potter but with space fighter pilots instead of wizards. I can see absolutely no way this could have been a disappointment. Perhaps it could have been too macho? But this is Brandon Sanderson. He is a master of his craft and appears to have picked this setting exactly to have a discussion about machismo. We have a female protagonist, a female villain, and the central topic is bravery and cowardice.

The detailed list of ingredients:
- A lot of dogfighting against alien spaceships. The ships have some interesting quirks that keep these action sequences fresh. But, wow, there is a lot of dogfighting!
- A lot of personal relationships and their evolution. I easily get impatient with relationships when I feel like they are keeping me from …

Review of 'Skyward' on 'Goodreads'

I started reading this, even though I do not have a good track record with Sanderson's YA stuff. And Skyward did nothing to change that for the better. The AI was extremely annoying and I don't know whether I felt that way just because I am a grumpy old man. Sensa was an OK character, although her traits were laid on a bit thick. I did like the general story, Sanderson is just really good with those. And that is the only thing which makes me come back to his YA novels, because otherwise they are what gives YA a bad rep (in my grumpy old man's opinion).

One thing I really dislike about Sanderson, though, is this attempt to have clean swearing. That just feels dishonest to me. His characters swear a god-damn fuck-ton, or scudding scud-ton as someone from Skyward would put it. But he gets too feel …

Review of 'Skyward' on 'Goodreads'

YA is not usually my bag and this book had some YA moments that almost made me lose my nerve but I kept with it because I usually like the systems that get built by Sanderson and I wasn't dissapointed. I'm looking forward to the next one since this basically set the stage. The play must go on.

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Subjects

  • Children's fiction
  • Science fiction
  • Survival, fiction
  • War, fiction
  • Extraterrestrial beings, fiction