If you want scifi whatzits thrown around go read petroleum star or Greg egan, if you want mysterious multi series adventure go read Martha Wells murderbot.

If you want to read a book that starts 200 pages too soon, bases it's core conflict off a misunderstanding that would take a minute to explain, has half it's jokes be pop sci references, and the other half ways to rue Murphy's law, read this book. If you want to actually get into this series, for whatever reason, skip this book and start on book 2 because they sum everything up anyways.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. It was nice to see a strong female lead and the writing was good. The mystery that unravels surprised me, which is good. I will definitely read the rest of this series!

I was given this book, in exchange for an honest review, by the author.

If you are a fan of The Martian you’ll for sure like this book. While something that happened such as the sex scenes definitely hinder the development of the story, I think this book / audiobook was cinematic. I really believe that this would translate really well into a series on HBO max or Netflix. Daisy is also an interesting character because she goes from navigating a space ship, when an “Among Us” type incident occurs to navigating a blade runner like Los Angeles. The story is twisty and very well described and I am excited for book 2. I give this book 4.5 out of 5 (rounded up to 5 on here)

Thank you, Scott for the awesome audiobook!

Daisy’s Run is the first in a five-part science fiction series focused on artificial intelligence, cyborgs, spaceships, and what it means to be human. After an accident in space, the crew of a massive spaceship, the Vali, is woken from their cryo sleep in order to repair the ship. One of these characters is Daisy, one of the two technicians/engineers on the ship. She and Sarah work together to try to repair a ship that seems to be constantly malfunctioning, until one day a tragic event occurs and Sarah is jettisoned into space. As time goes on, Daisy starts to realise that the ship and everyone on it may not be what they seem, and she goes on a mission to uncover the truth.

This is my first time reading a book by Scott Baron and he does a great job with setting and landscape. While following the characters on the ship, I could easily picture everything in my head. The pacing could have been better and the characters do have their flaws which may or may not work for everyone. Good for ardent Sci-fi lovers.

Disclaimer: I haven’t looked into the author’s writings or experience.

The writing is that of a moderately good amateur. The author can string words together, use punctuation appropriately, and mostly make sense. However the wording and phrasing is very inexperienced and shallow; superficial, trite.

Despite ostensibly taking place in the far future, the characters use current-era slang (e.g. “down-low”, “my bad”), which is jarring. Similarly jarring, the name of the moon base “Dark Side” is ridiculous. (All sides of the Moon get equal periods of light. A more appropriate name for the base would have been Far Side.)

The premise started off interesting, which is probably what kept me reading until the end. But it’s a bit like being shown an excellent roast beef dinner with all the trimmings — looks great, but... turns out to taste like cardboard.

The book was clumsily divided into three rather disjointed chunks, and does not resolve at the end. Feels like it’s trying really hard to be the basis of a movie.

I see there’s a sequel. I won’t be reading it.

I don't get the hate. Yeah, it's not the most groundbreaking work of fiction, and parts are kinda cringe (people mention the sex scenes but they're nothing compared to the cringe-worthiness of the mess hall reveals at the end). The twists aren't that twisty when you can see them coming from miles away, but then I've been spoiled by too much Brandon Sanderson. All that being said, it's not a bad romp, and for all her flaws, Daisy seems kinda cool. Maybe it worked better as an audiobook. I'll continue with the next one and see where it leads.

Even as a kid growing up in the 80's with all the "firsts" of space exploration, I never dreamed about being an astronaut. Oh, sure, I'm a TNG Star Trek fan but beyond that, I can't say there's anything about space or science fiction that I really geek about. (And I'm not so sure that I'm not just a Patrick Stewart fan, because, c'mon, it's Patrick Stewart.) Ya'll are probably tired of hearing me say "I'm not that big of a sci-fi fan", yet I still keep reading it, don't I? Well, here are some reasons I couldn't say no to Daisy's Run.

First and foremost, Daisy is a strong, yet flawed, female protagonist and boy, is she snarky, which I love. You get this sense of her somehow being the underdog from the start and I always like to root for the underdog. Occasionally her internal dialogue and prejudices against AI and her more mechanically enhanced shipmates got a bit dreary, but overall, she was a lot of fun. The rest of the characters are equally delightful, even the ones that are a bit more stoic and aloof. While there wasn't necessarily a lot of time spent on character growth, I enjoyed the characters' interactions. The exception to that was the inelegantly phrased "romance" scenes. Egad, those were painfully awkward. Ahem. Moving on...

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