SuitabookSpace Hostages
Sophia McDougall
- Reading
- If your reader has not read the first book, briefly check whether they would like context for Alice and her friends' earlier world-saving adventure before starting this sequel.
- Themes
- Comic voice amid danger: Alice narrates being thrown out of an airlock with a joke about trying to cry in space. The comic first-person voice shapes how this opening danger is presented, pairing an alarming predicament with humour.
- Worth knowing
- The opening includes Alice being shoved out of an airlock and facing the prospect of death in deep space. Consider whether that peril feels exciting or unsettling to your reader.