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 Imagine if a horror book and a science fiction book made a book baby... 172 Hours on the Moon is that baby. 
 All I knew about this book before going in was that it was creepy, and I'm so glad I didn't know any more. That made the twists even more exciting! The first half of the book I was thinking of all kinds of crazy (conspiracy) theories, and once you find out what the twist is, you're like, "WHAT?!" 
 The only thing that made me give this 4.5 instead of 5 is the blandness of the characters. The three main characters were all very stereotypical, and I felt myself caring more for the secondary characters. And God, Mia was annoying in the beginning! Girl, your band is never going to get anywhere... Also, stop acting like you're too cool for space. *hand emoji* 
 This book gets ALL THE EXTRA POINTS because it made me SO EXCITED ABOUT SPACE. Even if there's something terrifying in space (on the moon, to be specific). Just... SPACE!!! 
 After finishing it late in the evening, I spent the rest of the night reading about the Apollo 11 conspiracies and learning about how to do your business in space and basically watched everything available on SciShow Space. I think the fact that this book made me excited about space is so important, and everyone with even a slight interest in science should check this out. 
 I was so creeped out by the whole thing and the ending was absolutely MIND-BLOWING. I've read a few books since then and still find myself thinking about this one pretty regularly. I highly recommend 172 Hours on the Moon. What a page-turner!