Zoe's Tale - Wyrm.nl

320 bladzijdes

English taal

Gepubliceerd 27 maart 2008

ISBN:: 978-0-7653-1698-1
Goodreads:: 2102600

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?

I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.

Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did ― how I did what I had to do ― not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try to make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and …

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?

I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.

Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did ― how I did what I had to do ― not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try to make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.

It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.

7 edities

Alex heeft Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4) door John Scalzi gerecenseerd

Teenage adventure in parallel

3 sterren

"And the name is Zoë. Zoë Boutin-Perry."

"Indeed," the Consu said. He sounded amused at my cheekiness. "I will remember the name. And have others remember it as well. Although if your Obin do not win this contest, I do not imagine we will have to remember your name for long."

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Most of the book revolved around teenage adventures in space and witty banter back and forth. All of it was happening in parallel with the previous book's timeline, making this a somewhat boring read where I skimmed over the banter at times.

But, in the second half, there was some deeper discussions about the value of consciousness, some other aspects of life, and "being responsible with lives and recieving full respect in return" and it made the book a worthwhile read anyway.

"And the name is Zoë. Zoë Boutin-Perry."

"Indeed," the Consu said. He sounded amused at my cheekiness. "I will remember the name. And have others remember it as well. Although if your Obin do not win this contest, I do not imagine we will have to remember your name for long."

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Most of the book revolved around teenage adventures in space and witty banter back and forth. All of it was happening in parallel with the previous book's timeline, making this a somewhat boring read where I skimmed over the banter at times.

But, in the second half, there was some deeper discussions about the value of consciousness, some other aspects of life, and "being responsible with lives and recieving full respect in return" and it made the book a worthwhile read anyway.