Although I finished reading this, I can't say I would recommend it to a science fiction fan, or a romance fan. Neither aspect is all that interesting. The elements are there, but they're flat save for a few moments, and that's not enough.

The biggest single issue is telling how each character feels, rather than showing those feelings in actions and descriptions. We don't feel with them because such statements just sit there rather than pulling a reader in.

The worst (best?) illustration of this is Lang's part of the epilogue, if you are curious what I mean. The sex scene was terribly mechanical. ( )