Review: A Stitch in Space

A Stitch in Space by Christopher Lansdown
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

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I received an ARC of this book. What follows is an honest review.

Since I had previously read another book by this author, I was really wanting to read this one. His previous book that I ha read, 'The Dean died over winter Break', was an interesting joining of mystery and philosophy. This book seemed to be very heavy on the philosophy. the basic story is of a group of passengers catching a ride on a cargo ship. along with the crew and the robots this had the makings of what could be an interesting story.

Our point of view is from Father Xris. a Catholic priest who in the story represents all of Christianity in this future time. I had a slight problem with this. As I am a Christian who is not Catholic I did not agree with a few of his views. Most of his thoughts on the subject were OK. I suspect the authors did not consider other faiths.

My other main problem as I had stated before was the heavy philosophy. While there was some action in the early story it was mostly there so Father Xris could explain philosophy to any of the passengers or crew who would listen. It was 2/3 of the book before any real action took place.

The writing was clear. The characters well developed. The action when we got it was good and well done. It was just too much philosophy.

I look forward to what this writer can do in the future. The book is acceptable for most who would read it. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to read about a priest in space.


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