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Book: Machine

Author: Elizabeth Bear

Book Series: White Space Book 2

Rating: 1/5

Recommended For...: sci-fi lovers

Publication Date: October 20, 2020

Genre: Sci-Fi

Recommended Age: can’t recommend, dnf-ed

Publisher: Gollancz

Pages: 512

Synopsis: Meet Doctor Jens.

She hasn't had a decent cup of coffee in fifteen years.

The first part of her job involves jumping out of perfectly good space-ships. The second part requires developing emergency treatments for sick aliens of species she's never seen before.

She loves it.

But her latest emergency is also proving a mystery:

Two ships, one ancient and one new, locked in a dangerous embrace.
A mysterious crew suffering from an even more mysterious ailment.
A shipmind trapped in an inadequate body, much of her memory pared away.
A murderous virus from out of time.

Unfortunately, Dr. Jens can't resist a mystery. Which is why she's about to discover that everything she's dedicated her life to . . . is a lie.

Review: DNFed at 15%. I didn't realize this was the second of a series and I want to read this from the beginning.

Verdict: Not for me but maybe for you.