Skyward (Skyward, #1) in Pick-a-Shelf

Nov 17, 2018 D.G. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: awesome-narration, audiobook, science-fiction, re-read

Re-Read April 2022: Rounding up my rating to 5-stars. This is fantastic! And still agree 100% with the review below.

Original Review: **4.5 stars**

Loved, simply loved this book. How does Sanderson keep doing it?

In a war-loving "defiant" society where cowardice is the worst sin of all, Spensa - call sign "Spin" - is trying to become a pilot against terrible odds. Because no matter her talent, she has to live with the actions of her father, who's despised by everybody on their planet.

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Sep 16, 2019 Roseann rated it really liked it

As I am not that much of a fantasy reader this was my first foray into the Sanderson oeuvre and I thoroughly enjoyed the journey.

I look forward to future stories in this series and, who knows, I may even dip my toes into one of his fantasy adventures.

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Nov 26, 2018 Marie (UK) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018-reading-challenge

This is undoubtedly a good book. The writing is excellent and the author has mated to create a narrative that never falters for pace and suspense. He has created an planetary society that is both human and something outside of our normal interpretation of that. Like many science fiction books characters are plentiful but unlike many they are also memorable and fully loaded. I am not necessarily a series reader and although i thoroughly enjoyed this book I may never read more in the series - we w ...more

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Dec 09, 2018 Chris C rated it liked it

3.5, great standard Sanderson

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Jan 07, 2019 Rebekah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-star-reads, fantasy-scifi, 2019, mighty-girls-fiction

First 5 star read of 2019. Sanderson has a way of making you think that the story is going to go one way (and sometimes it does, but then it doesn’t happen in quite the way you imagined).

I’ve never been much of a fan of the science fiction genre, I’ve read some and enjoyed them but for the most part I far prefer fantasy and urban fantasy. However if this is an example of what is out there in the Sci Fi genre I will be reading a lot more of them.

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