Dancing with an Alien

Rating:
Summary: OK, it was really REALLY weird
Review: (...)it wasn't very good...Brank wasn't a believable alien since he knew Earthan culure too well, and Tonia was a total sell-out of a girl. I mean, you don't do that with a guy just because he speaks another language, HELLO! and that scene was like, what half a sentence long? This was a weird book. It would have been better withOUT the 1/2 sentence sex scene, and if the characters were more well-developed and WAY less static.

Rating:
Summary: OK, it was really REALLY weird
Review: (...)it wasn't very good...Brank wasn't a believable alien since he knew Earthan culure too well, and Tonia was a total sell-out of a girl. I mean, you don't do that with a guy just because he speaks another language, HELLO! and that scene was like, what half a sentence long? This was a weird book. It would have been better withOUT the 1/2 sentence sex scene, and if the characters were more well-developed and WAY less static.

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining, Mildly Thought Provoking
Review: As a sci-fi fan with a romantic streak, I found this book enjoyable on both levels. Do not be fooled by the small size, however. This book is not for children. There is no graphic sex, but there are several technical references and a very short non-graphic scene.

I give this book four stars instead of three because of the final message. Putting women on a pedestal is not the same as respecting them as people. If a culture strongly admires women because of their ability to reproduce, they are not truly honouring women. Only wombs.

Rating:
Summary: Entertaining, Mildly Thought Provoking
Review: As a sci-fi fan with a romantic streak, I found this book enjoyable on both levels. Do not be fooled by the small size, however. This book is not for children. There is no graphic sex, but there are several technical references and a very short non-graphic scene.

I give this book four stars instead of three because of the final message. Putting women on a pedestal is not the same as respecting them as people. If a culture strongly admires women because of their ability to reproduce, they are not truly honouring women. Only wombs.

Rating:
Summary: Empty story with a questionable message
Review: Boy meets girl. Girl experiences 'first love'. Boy realizes that he loves Girl too much to accomplish his 'mission' and returns in disgrace to his home planet. Despite the authors occasional attempts to create authenticity, the alien 'boy' knows way too much about Minneapolis to be credible. The tale would have been innocuous and merely vapid but for the ending, where the author deems it necessary for the girl to give herself to the alien. The message seems to be that its OK for teenagers to 'slow dance' if the circumstances warrant. Just what we need...YA authors encouraging kids to be sexually active...'but only if you're sure that its "right" for you'!

Rating:
Summary: Empty story with a questionable message
Review: Boy meets girl. Girl experiences 'first love'. Boy realizes that he loves Girl too much to accomplish his 'mission' and returns in disgrace to his home planet. Despite the authors occasional attempts to create authenticity, the alien 'boy' knows way too much about Minneapolis to be credible. The tale would have been innocuous and merely vapid but for the ending, where the author deems it necessary for the girl to give herself to the alien. The message seems to be that its OK for teenagers to 'slow dance' if the circumstances warrant. Just what we need...YA authors encouraging kids to be sexually active...'but only if you're sure that its "right" for you'!

Rating:
Summary: Dancing with an Alien is enchanting!
Review: Branko is here on Earth on a mission & his time is running out. Tonia can hardly wait for her best friend to return from camp so their summer vacation can truly begin. At the lake she rescues a stranger from drowning; as Branko returns to consciousness he falls in love with his rescuer. Can he make his mission succeed & still love his target?

Tonia is amazed that someone is taking an interest in her, a boy who is taller than she & whose ideas & interests are out of this world. What she doesn't know is that they really are! She will soon find out! Meanwhile, it's summer & a great time to fall in love.

Mary Logue has spun a surprisingly profound, curiously chilling tale of first love, withheld identity & a desperate mission. Of equal parts science fiction & romance, Dancing with an Alien is going to be an oft-read favorite!

Rating:
Summary: Dancing with an Alien!! huh?
Review: First romance is a tender time, and Logue handles well the feelings of the main characters in this novel meant for upper level teens, despite its easy read style. The Science Fiction idea of romance with an alien is also intriguing, but not well-developed. My only hesitation, the consumation scene toward the end which really wasn't necessary, unless Logue intends a sequal to this novel,if then.

Rating:
Summary: A book that had potential....had...
Review: When I first saw this book I thought it had great potential. As an avid fan of the teen tv drama "Roswell" I thought, hey an alien, a girl....could be good. Alas I fear I was mistaken. "Dancing with an Alien" to me was full of sentimental nothing!.The scene was layed most colorfully but that is where the imagination stopped. I felt like I was reading a technical manual. The culmination scene in the end which the whole book builds up to, was like one sentence long. I'm sorry this may seem harsh but like I said I had expected more. I feel that this tale was only the bits and pieces of a once great, LONGER novel which I for one would have loved to read.