![]() ![]() An impressive feat for a debut novel and one that makes me anxious to read more from this highly qualified science fiction author. It's packed with cleverly integrated scientific concepts that are woven beautifully into a high-intensity plot, a plot that only near the end of the book seems to get away from Pellegrino's control. And I'm really glad I stuck with the book. ![]() Thankfully, I found this problematic aspect of Dust let up considerably about a third of the way through the novel. We didn't need a description of every one of the 11 stages that Pellegrino envisions. As an example of what could easily have been omitted: near the beginning of the book is a sequence explaining that, as a girl grows up, her relationship to her father goes through stages. Dust is a very good but frustrating book it's compelling, intelligent and well plotted but, boy, it really needed a heavy-handed editor to insist that author Charles Pellegrino delete a bunch of words. ![]()
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