Escuadrón / Skyward

I greatly enjoy Brandon Sanderson's fantasy novels. His world-building and magic systems always have an interesting logic - balancing a power's advantages against its limitations or disadvantages. I always feel that those rules would translate directly into a well-tuned RPG.

"Skyward" is the first Sanderson science fiction I've read, but it won't be the last. It's a hard sci-fi YA adventure with a teenage girl protagonist who makes mistakes and embarrasses herself but has you cheering her on every step of the way.

The technology and action scenes are convincing, and I enjoyed the way Sanderson went into some detail about how the spacecraft and their weapons worked.

Overall the plot was a little predictable but didn't detract from the fun of the story, and the final revelation was a good surprise and set-up for the sequel.

No es la historia más original que ha escrito Sanderson pero madre mía ¡como engancha! Además no ha dejado de sorprenderme en ningún momento, a pesar de intuir el desenlace. Añadimos a eso un mundo extraño rodeado de escombros, unos personajes con los que es fácil empatizar con una fabulosa protagonista, Spensa, a la cabeza y una narración de infarto y ya tenemos la novela perfecta.

Quizás sea un poquito descafeinada en algunos aspectos, pero el autor nunca se ha recreado en detalles escabrosos y os aseguro que, a pesar de ser novela juvenil, no te tiembla el pulso a la hora de hacernos sufrir.

La pena (o no) es que sea una saga. Por desgracia, toca esperar... otra vez.