lauraღ's Reviews > Zero G

“What did you think it was? An alien?”

This is an audiobook I got for free a while back, and I only picked it up because I'm trying to listen and to read more things I own rather than borrowing them. I'm so glad I did, because I genuinely enjoyed this so much! It's a really fun middle grade science fiction/adventure book; perfect for kids. I've seen a lot of people describe it as "Home Alone... in space" and that's actually spot on as a description. Zero and his family are aboard a colony spaceship, leaving from Earth and bound for a new planet 20 light years ago. Everyone's supposed to be in stasis for over 100 years, but Zero's pod malfunctions, waking him way too early, and he finds that the ship is being boarded by space pirates who want to hijack it. What follows is a really fun caper that manages to be scientifically sounds (as far as I could tell, as a layman) and sometimes serious, but also really entertaining.

The full cast audio was perfect; I haven't listened to one of those in a while and I forgot how immersive and entertaining they can be? Especially with all the side effects. This was great from start to finish, and had so many of my favourite science fiction tropes, so I'm super happy I read it.