Silver Linings by Tim Pratt

Silver Linings by Tim Pratt
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Length: Short Story (16 pages)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

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The plot twists were nicely written. I didn’t see most of them coming, and that made this tale a lot of fun to read. No sooner did I think I knew what was going to happen next then the author would completely surprise me yet again with where the storyline went or what the characters casually revealed about themselves that they hadn’t previously mentioned.

It would have been nice to know the main character’s name. I spent most of my reading time not sure if this person was a man or a woman. While this question was eventually answered, I would have liked to know their name as well since none of the other characters even described the protagonist’s appearance. It felt a little odd to never find out something as basic as their name when I also had no mental image of what they looked like. While this is a minor criticism, it did bother me enough to mention it in my review.

My favorite part of the ending was how much it left me yearning for more. The major questions I had about what cloudmining was and why the main character had chosen that occupation were answered more than satisfactorily, but I still wished I could have a few hundred more pages to really dig into this world. It was quite different from Earth in both subtle and immediately noticeable ways. The small glimpses I caught of how it all worked were delightful.

Silver Linings was a highly creative tale that I’d recommend to anyone who has ever wondered what life might be like on other planets.