We Are Satellites

This was marvelous. Between this and Two Truths and a Lie, Sarah Pinsker is quicky becoming one of my favorite authors.

Plotwise, the book does not offer much. If you're looking for adventure, of world-shattering mystery, you best keep looking (plenty of those in my recommendations :) ). But if you're looking into a superb and heartfelt family drama, there's just no better than this.

The story is a fundamental SF story - investigation of how humans, ordinary, normal humans would react in a world that is shifting. We follow the four members of a family, and see them grow and become different persons in time. What I loved best about the multiple viewpoints, is that each character had their own feel. It's impossible to forget who actually narrates the chapter - each voice is distinct and unique, none more than poor David.

Connected with that is another, minor, bonus point - how the family had two mommies. That was handled beautifully low-key. It was just there, and there was no fuss around that, and again, as a reader I had absolutely no problems distinguishing Julie from Val. They were simply different people with different voices, that loved each other and the kids. An easy out would have been for Julie to be James, it would have been mostly the same novel. But it was not, and that made it an even better book for me.