Gorelik Elena – Your name is Human

The plot of the story follows a typical space opera theme where aliens visit an unsuspecting planet. The aliens, who are similar to elves, suffer from xenophobia and treat other races as slaves or genetic raw materials. The protagonist, a girl, is captured by these aliens but is fortunate enough to find other captives who speak a universal language. With the help of the other captives, she manages to escape and hijack a ship. However, their luck doesn't last long as they face new challenges in their journey to find their way home.

The protagonist is an ordinary girl who doesn't possess any unique skills or fighting abilities. She is just an ordinary person who wants to return home and find love. The worlds beyond earth are not friendly, some aliens destroy other races for slaves and valuable genes, while others are obsessed with money, power and political games. The only bright spot is a communist race who are conflict-free but are not ready for combat. The protagonist helps to train the peace-loving aliens to form an army from scratch.

The plot is interesting, with political intrigue, space battles, and anti-landing operations. The characters are ordinary people who are forced to survive in extreme circumstances and try to save their planets from destruction. The story also involves a mysterious disappeared race that stood at the origins of human civilization and its neighbors, which explains the physiological similarities of the races involved in the plot.

This space science fiction is worth reading because of its ordinary heroes who don't become supermen in the course of the story. The author doesn't overdo it with narcissism for the protagonist, and the story doesn't have a typical female happy ending. The plot development is slightly slow after their release from captivity, but it picks up momentum towards the middle. Overall, it's an interesting read despite the not very large number of combat actions.

Space opera without heroic pathos

The author is not interested in excessively strengthening the main characters

Humanity still has room to strive, even if not all alien neighbors deserve to be emulated

The plot sags somewhat in the middle of the book, but then events begin to actively develop again