Is GRONE the right novel for you?
If you love hard SF and space opera epics, then you’re the target advance reader for GRONE.
GRONE is a science fiction novel intended for avid readers of hard SF / space opera genres. GRONE weighs in at 600 pages, about the same length as Dune by Frank Herbert, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, and a bit longer than The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. If you don’t love books like these, then GRONE probably isn’t for you.
Leaving a Review
Once you finish the book, please leave a review on Amazon. If you’re a Goodreads user, please leave your review there, too (links provided below).
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/edit/85074808
Advice on writing a useful review:
Useful book reviews are often 2-3 paragraphs long and consist of the following three basic elements:
- What’s the story about? Who are the protagonists and what is the main conflict?
- What did you think of the book? What elements worked well, and which ones didn’t?
- Would you recommend this book to others? If so, what kinds of readers will enjoy it?
Please, no spoilers. If you absolutely must include a spoiler in your review, warn the reader in the title and first line. A good rule of thumb is to not mention any plot details that occur after the midpoint of the book. It’s okay to mention the climax, but don’t give away any specific details that might ruin surprises.
If you read a prerelease version, don’t forget to add a line at the end saying that you received an ARC in exchange for writing an honest review.
Whether it’s a positive or negative review, readers don’t trust reviewers that write in over-the-top language. Don’t gush, leave a clear and level-headed review.
Here’s a great page that gives advice for structuring useful review: https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/how-to-write-a-book-review
A little bonus for my ARC reviewers:
Just for fun, here’s a short story called THE QUAG that’s set in the same universe as GRONE!