This is the book Brian picked for our road trip. He had read it before, but this was my first time.

This book reminded me of Artemis Fowl, Top Gun, and "Skyward" by Brandon Sanderson. I wonder how much inspiration Sanderson got from this book for his book because there were so many similarities. But I liked "Skyward" better. This seemed like a "boy" book, or at least geared for boys to enjoy with the potty humor, battles, etc.

All in all, I'm glad I read it because it is a sci-fi classic, but sci-fi still isn't my favorite genre and it takes a special book for me to really enjoy sci-fi.