Zoe’s Tale

Author – John Scalzi

Paperback
Pages: 416 pages
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Release Date: August 19th, 2008
ISBN-10: 0765356198
ISBN-13: 978-0765356192

John Scalzi’s been a favourite of mine since I discovered him last summer. Full of quick wit and larger-than-life characters, his novels never failed to entertain and reinvigorate my love for reading. His novels never let me down.

Until now, if only just a little bit.

Though Scalzi’s already a big name in the Science Fiction genre (thanks in no little part to his blog, the Whatever), he made some waves earlier this year when Zöe’s Tale was nominated for a Hugo. It’s hard enough to get nominated for a Hugo (just ask this list of authors), but to get nominated for a Best Novel Hugo with a novel that is geared towards a Young Adult (YA) audience is doubly hard. The problem, though, is that I don’t really think Zöe’s Tale deserves it. Put up against the other YA novel nominated in the category, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, Scalzi’s effort just doesn’t hold up.
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