You’re Going to Mars!

Listener Reviews

1. 5.0(1)

   Get ready for a fun adventure to Mars (maybe....)!

   4.5 stars
   I really like how Rob Dircks has progressed with is novels. They just keep getting better. I feel like he’s matured into a seasoned author and knows how to produce an interesting novel and keep the reader interested the entire way through. The character development was nice and the future world he created feels somewhat realistic.

   Initially, when I read a few brief reviews and saw some of the characters were named Paper, Rock, and Scissors, I thought this was going to be another silly, slapstick type of book. It definitely was not. It was more than that, in a good way.

   Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It wasn’t too long, it was interesting, it was fun, the characters were great, and had just the right amount of humor.

   Some stray thoughts/suggestions for the author: in some of Rob Dircks’s prior novels, some of the reviews complain about too much unnecessary swearing. While that does not bother me, I did notice this book had much reduced swearing. I understand that this is not a young adult book, but it seems like it could possibly reach a wider audience if potentially branded as “New Adult” (or maybe even “Young Adult”) if the swearing was toned down even more. Mainly since there are minimal adult relations and other such topics that don’t fit in young adult type novels. Anyways, I like it how it is but those are just my thoughts.

   Audiobook narrator Khristine Hvam rating: 4 stars
   The narrator is great. She changes her voice well for most characters, has actual sound effects, and sings. I wish she had just a bit more variation for the other characters, maybe mostly the female ones.

   *I received this audiobook in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.*

   Michaela Fletcher · December 6, 2018

2. 5.0(1)

   Hits it out of the park again!

   At first I thought I'd miss hearing the author narrating the book like his other ones, but a few minutes in and I didn't give it another thought. The narrator here did a great job with Paper's character, and I really enjoyed her accents with the other characters, too. And Rob Dirck's humor and heart still came through as in his other books. His use of scientific details grounded this incredibly inventive plot of a young woman's journey in a world both similar and very different from ours. This was my first raksBooks Original and wow, just wow.

   Kristal Dodd · December 5, 2018