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Ocean Yoon has never felt like much of a Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She's also persona non grata at the Alliance, Korea's solar system-dominating space agency, since a mission went awry and she earned a reputation for being a little too quick with her gun. When her best friend, Teo, second son of the Anand Tech empire, is framed for murdering his family, Ocean and her misfit crewmates are pushed to the forefront of a high-stakes ideological conflict. But dodging bullets and winning space chases may be the easiest part of what comes next. A thrilling adventure across the solar that delivers hyperkinetic action sequences and irresistible will-they-won't-they romance alongside its nuanced exploration of colonialism and capitalism, Ocean's Godori ultimately asks: What do we owe our past? How do we navigate our present while honoring the complicated facets of our identity? What can our future hold?
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0 0First off, many thanks to NetGalley and Zando for giving me the opportunity to review this eARC.
I'm officially throwing in the towel at 37%. I've had to push myself to read even that far, despite this book sounding like it would be great fun. It promises high stakes conflict, thrilling action, a possible romance, and a ragtag group of crewmates thrust into something bigger than they can handle.
Usually the setting and character work elevate such a cliche sounding story into something fun and interesting, but I don't think Ocean's Godori achieved that. It was definitely a new and fresh setting fully immersed in the concept of a futuristic space-faring South Korea, but not much else was happening. Ocean felt like the most cliche of all cliche characters, as did Haven and Teo. Ocean's shipmates felt like they were supposed to be a charming motley crew you grow to love, but I wasn't connecting with anyone in this story.
It all fell flat for me, which makes me sad because I really was excited for the idea this book promises. Many other readers seem to be loving this, so I would point to other highly rated reviews to see if anything they say appeals to you more than my disappointment, because this book definitely has an audience out there for it - that audience just doesn't include me.
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