x what i think
as someone who would easily put the overstory in their goodreads top 4, i'm not gonna lie, it's not as good. by chance i ran into several nonfiction articles about the magic of being a dad, especially a single dad with a mentally ill child, and in my view those all communicated much more than what powers did through "taking" robin to other planets. that's really my main grievance: is it science fiction? is it real?

the thing is... powers' prose is much more well developed when he's describing the location and characteristics of things. when it gets into diagloue, it's still realistic, but i do wish more of the book centered on the setting rather than the relationship. it felt a little imbalanced to me idk



x about the book
a widowed father of robin, a nine-year-old with some combination of ocd, adhd, and autism (#represented on two out of three lmao), takes his son to a cabin vacation. there, they engage in banter and "travel" to other planets. robin is a curious kid with a large interest in planetary objects.



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