Written by Christopher Paolini, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars follows Kira, a scientist who travels the universe studying planets before they are colonized to catalog the biological creatures and plants there.
First of all, this audiobook has a fantastic narrator, one of my favorites. She has a good voice, and unlike other narrators, doesn’t try to do a big swing in voices between men and women, but instead the accent/how words are said. I, personally, really appreciate it.
One of the things that makes this a joy to listen to is how Paolini sets the setting, it slowly builds up as needed, and is very vivid. As well as how he introduces the reader to the science side of this science fiction novel.
This is such a well written novel, and from the get go I was interested in Kira and what was going to happen to her.
Paolini also does a wonderful job of hinting at what could happen, that lovely foreshadowing, but I still didn’t really know where the story was going to go (and this is one that I am not going to spoil for anyone).
If you enjoy science fiction, speculative fiction, or the kind of novel that wonders ‘what if’, and you enjoy excellent writing and one of the few narrators who not only doesn’t have an obnoxious try-hard male voice, but is also one of the few that I don’t speed up to listen to, I 100% recommend this novel. If you enjoy mystery, give it a shot.
If you just like contemporary fiction, go ahead and give this a pass. Otherwise, I think you would probably enjoy it.
I did receive this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
