This was a very good and addictive read, and very emotional 🥺😭

Book: 4.5 ⭐ 🎧 Audiobook: 5 ⭐, very well read and very emotional

Themes:

• Yes this had an emotional romance, queer love and was about the first few female astronauts, but at heart I think it was also a story about women, and all the different kinds of love and relationships they can have - friendship, romantic, familial etc.
• Quite a lot of the book explored familial issues and motherly love.
• It also explored female friendship and solidarity when it comes to addressing the patriarchy, and how different women tackle that.

Critique and Characters:

• I gave it 4.5 stars and not 5, mainly because I would have liked one of the main characters, Vanessa, to get a little more exploration/development and maybe some of the other astronauts too. A lot of time was spent on the relationship between the main character, Joan, and her sister and niece. While I thought this was well done, I would have liked some more time exploring the other astronaut characters too. I wouldn't have minded it was a little longer to do that.
• Despite that, I thought the main character Joan was amazing. I loved her character and complexity and growth and she felt very real, as well as just an amazing person.