ext_20222 ([identity profile] magdalene1.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lightreads 2015-05-05 02:59 am (UTC)

All this plus:

Scientists!
Lady scientists! Shit named after Rosalind Franklin, even!
Meeting, exceeding, and then subverting genre expectations!

The novel started life as a screenplay, and I was super-psyched to hear they are casting the movie, only, Dr. Justineau is most definitely not white and this casting basically sucks. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Arterton)

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