It still makes for a good allyship 101 for white people I guess. She’s still trying her best and is full of good intentions but some of the mistakes she made were things I thought she had finally learned better in book 1. It felt like Elma had taken a step back and the improvement she had made as an ally against racism were somehow forgotten. Because what I loved in the first didn’t felt the same in this one, as a continuation of the same book it might have worked but as a different volume of a series, I find this second one lacking. I saw in the acknowledgments that these two were supposed to be one book but got split after some discussions but I really think I would have prefered it as a whole. Of course the noted Lady Astronaut Elma York would like to go, but there’s a lot riding on whoever the International Aerospace Coalition decides to send on this historic-but potentially very dangerous-mission? Could Elma really leave behind her husband and the chance to start a family to spend several years traveling to Mars? And with the Civil Rights movement taking hold all over Earth, will the astronaut pool ever be allowed to catch up, and will these brave men and women of all races be treated equitably when they get there? This gripping look at the real conflicts behind a fantastical space race will put a new spin on our visions of what might have been. The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2), by Mary Robinette Kowal
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