Tag: Mickey7

My Rating: 🍪🍪🍪.5
Genre: Science Fiction

I read Mickey7 after seeing the movie adaptation, which I’ll admit, I enjoyed more than the book. This story has a wonderfully wacky sci-fi premise. Mickey is an Expendable. His role, as his colony continues their expedition to colonize a new planet, is to act as an exploratory guinea pig. Every time he dies, he is reprinted and continues as the next Mickey. That is, until Mickey8 is accidentally printed while Mickey7 is still alive.

The worldbuilding was so fascinating in this book. I liked learning about the space exploration and the history of other colonies. Mickey is a historian and sprinkling in the history of his universe added to both his character and my understanding of the present. There were also religious elements brought in, with some people feeling morally opposed to Expendables based on their religious beliefs. It was a well thought out addition that made the colony feel real.

The writing made this book especially amusing, it was funny and sharp and witty, even when the Mickey’s themselves tended to be dumb. It was especially enjoyable to listen to.

I found that the storyline dragged for me. It felt like not much happened for rather large chunks of the book, and there was some repetitive historical context that hammered some points home a little more than necessary. I also much preferred the ending of the movie and the role of the native creatures in it.

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