Woah. This book was a RIDE, in more ways than one: The plot, the mood, the character development, the relationships, and the literal journey through space to an Earth-like planet know as Terra-Two. In roughly 500 pages, this 2019 debut novel by Temi Oh takes readers from starry eyed and hopeful, to plagued with dread and hopelessness, and back again. I couldn’t help but think of it as a perfect mix of two of my very favorite books read last year: Octavia E. Butler’s PARABLE OF THE SOWER and Becky Chamber’s TO BE TAUGHT IF FORTUNATE. If you like your sci-fi #ownvoices and with a heavy dose of character development and spiritual underpinnings, I highly recommend adding DO YOU DREAM OF TERRA TWO to your TBR. My only slight disappointment was the lack of LGBTQIA+ representation, which was almost jarring coming on the heels of TO BE TAUGHT IF FORTUNATE. (Trigger warning: suicide, grief)