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reviewed The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)

Mary Robinette Kowal: The Calculating Stars (Paperback, 2019, Rebellion Publishing) 4 stars

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated …

Review of 'The Calculating Stars' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

The main plot element was PTSD stagefright and entirely too much time was spent on it. Not much peril for the protagonist. It felt like the scenes providing background to the stagefright were written and then edited out. The cover photo is very misleading as it is the story of one person with limited character development of others. I had high hopes after the first fifty pages but this one lost me.