Laura (crofteereader)'s Reviews > This World Is Not Yours

DNF @ 46%

The only thing scary about this book is how easily things could have been solved if Vinh said one (1) sentence to her wife. I did not sign up for ridiculously contrived domestic drama; I signed up for space horror. If your colony is on the verge of potential failure, why do you have fancy restaurants and vacation destinations? Why is literally the only thing of concern to anyone sexual reproduction between partners of the opposite biological sex? There was no chemistry or even warmth between Vinh and Amara - just Amara being insecure/paranoid/jealous and Vinh not telling her WIFE about any of her trauma.

Amara also randomly mentions her privilege (like the dress made from a long-extinct species or essentially being a princess of at least one galaxy) but since Vinh never actually confronts her about said privilege, nothing is ever done.

Even the guy giving into an intrusive thought that was literally “please swim naked in some alien goo that has the capability to systematically delete entire species - and don’t forget to breathe some in your lungs for good measure” didn’t pay off with anything in the first HALF of the book?

I was expecting at least SOME horror in almost 100 pages, but that’s not what I got

{Thank you Tor Nightfire for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review}