It’s like the foreign legion for nerds,” I said, and laughed. “With polar bears.” “Or seals,” Aparna added.” pg 32, ebook
Master author John Scalzi penned a lovely book about large creatures in an alternate dimension. That ending though… no spoilers in this review so I won’t say much more about it other than it was a huge disappointment.
“We think we’re smart,” Niamh repeated. “And because we think we’re smart, we only looked at what we wanted to look at and didn’t think to look past it.” pg 165
I was looking for a light-hearted fiction read, which this book is. The characters are diverse and it was quite fun to discover the world Scalzi created for them.
The kaiju themselves are fascinating. Again, I don’t want to say too much and ruin the best part of this book- the creatures.
I liked the humor in the story even though the same gag is used multiple times. It lends a sense of familiarity in the middle of an alien world.
Though it does get a bit repetitive after a little while.
All that being said, I only recommend this book to Scalzi fans. I could not get over that ending.
Thanks for reading!
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