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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Beyond by Maureen A Miller

Rating: WARTY!

Maureen is a Miller? I thought she was a writer! Just kidding. This book is described as "A page-turning book" - what book isn't a page turning book? I guess if it were a short story occupying one side of one page it wouldn't be, but that would be a really slim book, and you'd turn the page anyway, just trying to figure out where the rest of the book was!

Here's the unoriginal story: "The day after her high school graduation, Aimee Patterson is accidentally abducted by a group of humanoid aliens. She won't be returned to Earth for five years - but when she meets handsome warrior Zak, she must choose between her home and an unknown future" Right because a relationship with your alien abductor is perfect. This is YA at its dumbest, trashiest, worst. Aimee evidently doesn't give a shit about who she left behind or who is grieving over her disappearance. And an alien named Zak? I assume there will be some weird alien name that sounds like Zak, so that's what dumb-ass Aimee calls him as opposed to actually making an effort to learn his language. In the film version, he will also speak with an American accent! LOL!