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I really enjoyed the part of this novel that took place in the ship. Imagine being the sole caretaker for 50 years on a ship where everyone else is in stasis. Imagine the loneliness, the struggle to stay sane,, the way you'd age while your loved ones stay the same. Very interesting premise.

Once they reached the planet, it went downhill for me, especially since it started moving more into the realms of magic. I like fantasy. I like science fiction. But I hate it when my science fiction turns into fantasy halfway through. This doesn't bother some people, but it severely lessened my enjoyment.

I also felt the writing could have done with a little pruning. There were many, many instances of phrasings like "he noted," "he realized," "he registered," "he heard," instead of just telling us what he noted or heard. And lay vs lie…[sigh]. Otherwise it was fairly well edited.

Various small inconsistencies and unrealistic elements bothered me a little. For example, bruises don't show up immediately. DUH about the laser, 75% through. And at one point the hero's on the surface of the planet in a ship, and wonders why the airlock is locked, since there shouldn't be problems with decompression. Then he opens it and floats to the ceiling since the artificial gravity is off. But…they're on the surface of the planet. And it's not a planet with crazy-low gravity or anything. Maybe I don't know my physics well enough, but this seems like a major error. And these supposedly super powerful aliens have one city? On the whole planet?

The Xardn language symbols also seemed completely impractical. I can't quite believe a writing system would develop with such complicated and time-intensive symbols. I mean, it makes Chinese look simple. And I cannot imagine anyone carving them on cave walls back in the day. Maybe this is a relatively new language developed when the culture was already well developed, but it didn't seem that way from the book. I'm a linguistics nerd and I didn't mind all the description of the language. It just stretched believability too much.

Despite the issues, the first part was really intriguing and kept my interest very well. I would try something else by Josi Russell.


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Caretaker Caretaker Chronicles Book 1 Josi Russell Books Reviews

When I first received the blurb about Caretaker by Josi Russell from Future House Publishing, I was instantly intrigued. I used to be a huge gamer, and from what I had read this book definitely had a “Dead Space” feel to it. Ethan – suddenly being thrust into the position of the ship's Caretaker – was the only human not in stasis for five years. I was instantly hooked, as I cannot imagine myself in his position. Ethan knew absolutely nothing about running a Space Ship, not to mention caring for the other 3,999 human lives currently in stasis sleep. One of them being his pregnant wife.
With all of that being said, I felt that the book was extremely fast paced, but not in a way that I would have usually enjoyed. The story almost felt rushed, even from the first few chapters. There are aspects of romance in this novel, that normally I would welcome, but even the relationships felt a little fast paced. An unusual and often unexplored dynamic in this genre was the infidelity of the main character. I almost lost a little respect for the character of Ethan, and gained some for the Series as a whole. The overall characterization was enjoyable, and I did end up cheering for Ethan in the end.

The author, Josi Russell, created her own Alien Language called “Xardn” that is based on overlapping circles, each symbol representing a word. The creativity that went into this language is part of what I think saved this book for me. The way that the language is incorporated into the book really made me feel more engaged in the story overall. Xardn, being a dead language, brought Ethan nothing but trouble in the past. His peers in the past would constantly judge him for studying the language, saying that it would not get him anywhere in life. However, his wife was the one that supported him and told him to keep at it. In the end, his immense knowledge of the language played a crucial part in the story.

The overall story, while being fast-paced, was a fun read. I read this in between studying for exams and working on the weekends, and I actually found myself looking forward to what happens next in Ethan and his mysterious companion Kaia's adventure. The character development being rushed in the beginning almost felt necessary to understand the events that would take place as I progressed through the story. Everything that the reader needs to know is eventually explained throughout the book and questions that were raised were answered. There were unexpected twists that had me swiping the electronic pages in anticipation, and the writing was very well thought out, albeit rushed. I would recommend this story for lovers of Sci-Fi, or for anyone that is just settling into the genre. I'm excited to read more of Russell's work.
I really enjoyed the part of this novel that took place in the ship. Imagine being the sole caretaker for 50 years on a ship where everyone else is in stasis. Imagine the loneliness, the struggle to stay sane,, the way you'd age while your loved ones stay the same. Very interesting premise.

Once they reached the planet, it went downhill for me, especially since it started moving more into the realms of magic. I like fantasy. I like science fiction. But I hate it when my science fiction turns into fantasy halfway through. This doesn't bother some people, but it severely lessened my enjoyment.

I also felt the writing could have done with a little pruning. There were many, many instances of phrasings like "he noted," "he realized," "he registered," "he heard," instead of just telling us what he noted or heard. And lay vs lie…[sigh]. Otherwise it was fairly well edited.

Various small inconsistencies and unrealistic elements bothered me a little. For example, bruises don't show up immediately. DUH about the laser, 75% through. And at one point the hero's on the surface of the planet in a ship, and wonders why the airlock is locked, since there shouldn't be problems with decompression. Then he opens it and floats to the ceiling since the artificial gravity is off. But…they're on the surface of the planet. And it's not a planet with crazy-low gravity or anything. Maybe I don't know my physics well enough, but this seems like a major error. And these supposedly super powerful aliens have one city? On the whole planet?

The Xardn language symbols also seemed completely impractical. I can't quite believe a writing system would develop with such complicated and time-intensive symbols. I mean, it makes Chinese look simple. And I cannot imagine anyone carving them on cave walls back in the day. Maybe this is a relatively new language developed when the culture was already well developed, but it didn't seem that way from the book. I'm a linguistics nerd and I didn't mind all the description of the language. It just stretched believability too much.

Despite the issues, the first part was really intriguing and kept my interest very well. I would try something else by Josi Russell.