Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. Did not finish. Barely started. The story seemed to be allover the place and I just could not keep things straight. Good premise for a story, just badly executed.

Ok. There is a lot going on here. I don't think the pacing serves the story well. I shifted between thinking it was too much too fast and to feeling like it was dragging on or just killing time until the next major set piece. I like the story and was intrigued by the world but just couldn't fully get into it.

Penumbra

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I won't go into much detail. I simply didn't like the story. The author jumps from one place to the other without warning. There's not a coherent story line. The characters are cardboard cut outs that change as they get thrown in every new situation, but don't confuse change with growth. The setting of the story is amazing, but the story itself is a clichéd social commentary on racism and class division, nothing more profound than that. The main characters is driven by his desires from start to finish, change begins with him for no other reason than giving into those desires.

While we are put in this world without knowing much of it, as the story progresses we're given clues as to what happened, and how things came to be the way they are. Having read a few of Ackerman's books, I felt disappointed at Penumbra.

Thank you for the advanced copy.

This is a hard one to review, to be honest. The world was interesting and the characters had a lot of potential but it genre hops a bit much and doesn't spend enough time in any one category to really let you get any depth. It's definitely a world that deserves exploration, but there's too much time spent on some things and not near enough on others to the point that the overall effect is rather confusing. Maybe more interesting to those interested in sci-fi worlds with a lot of potential but not entirely fleshed out.