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Written by Ada Hoffman, The Outside, is a good sci-fi novel that taps into Lovecraftian cosmic horror to tell a story about perception, religion, and compliance. Despite its compelling worldbuilding and strong protagonist, the novel is ultimately marred by an unnecessary point of view, which adds nothing but exposition and repetition to the narrative.
The protagonist is Yasira, an autistic scientist that is on board a space station working on a new reactor. When the day comes to turn it on, Yashira is in the middle of a nervous breakdown, thinking something horrible is going to happen. She warns her superiors, but there is no evidence to support her alarm. They don’t [...]