This is as much of a spoiler as saying “Kennedy dies in the end” about a book narrating Kennedy’s presidency.
So that everyone’s on the same page: Laika dies in the end. That sounds too negative-because I actually enjoyed the book when I wasn’t noticing how intentionally manipulative it was. Really, unless you’re a fan of being manipulated, the book’s only saving graces are that it offers an eye into Russia’s Cold War space program and that it occasionally remembers that its human characters have lives that don’t center on just how adorable puppy-science-fodder can be. It relishes in its formulaic, heart-melting prison of manipulation and contrivance. And rather than subvert this, LAIKA‘s pretty up front about the fact that it will in no way deviate from the script. That’s just the nature of the literary and cinematic landscape.
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