Stuck on Earth is a cute story of how an alien comes down to Earth, takes over the body of a geeky teenage boy and has to evaluate if the human race should survive or be terminated so the planet can be given to someone else. The first few chapters are extremely funny. The alien, Ketchvar III, has a difficult time adapting to Tom Filber's tough home life and even tougher school situation. When things start to go wrong, Ketchvar needs to get out of here fast. But his ship has temporarily been summoned to help another planet and will be back soon. Until then, he has to tough it out. But he also learns about the wide variety of human emotions, behaviors and the ability to actually make a difference.
It was a cute story in the beginning and at the end. But the middle is were it kind of gets dicey. In the story, his "sister" Sally actually finds out the alien secret and lets everyone in the world know. But she and everyone believe that Tom is merely making it all up. And for a while, even Ketchvar believes it. But he soon comes to his senses and remembers who he is. It's this part that I have to most trouble with in the story. Sally never really gets her dues and she really had no reason to behave that way. Also, Ketchvar's struggle with Tom and his consciousness, makes the story begin to delve into psychological issues a little bit and it just feels kind of out of place. Probably could have brought out the dilemma in the story a little bit better than using his sister. Overall, the story was good. It's a nice quick read if you are looking from something to help pass the time.
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