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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
When I start reading this book I thought it was going to be a parody of Star Trek and it is - but it's more than that. The writer, obviously, is a fan of Star Trek but I didn't thought while reading the book that he was mocking them but making an homage. Maybe I am wrong but...
This book deals with something more important than the myth of the Redshirts (check the web if you don't know what it means to be a Redshirt)
This book deals with some tropes that this series, and others in general, have/had. It's almost unheard in the old days a main character die, or almost unheard of an unaccredited character do something significant besides dying. Well, to take it simple, if your name wasn't in the credits you were there for one of three things: Died in a horrible way; being pretty and attract young guys; or just being there in the background being pretty and then die.
This book is not the best book Scalzi can write. I read Old Man's War and it's way better but nevertheless I enjoyed it and if I knew someone who enjoyed Star Trek I would lend it to him/her. Also, to anyone who enjoyes seeing tropes in tv series would be a nice reading material. Every series got at least one. When I say trope I mean cliche (I think its the same thing).
Nevertheless about this story is about several charactes who meet and as the story unfolds start to wonder that something is wrong like: Why Lt Kerensky never dies; why only some people do the discover science stuff; what a heck is that black box and Why some people act around the "Main" Cast.
It's good, humorous like a Pratchett book. A book to read, laugh in a train full of people wondering if you are going mad and in the end sit back, sigh and think about some of your favorite series and if you could do the same.
This book deals with something more important than the myth of the Redshirts (check the web if you don't know what it means to be a Redshirt)
This book deals with some tropes that this series, and others in general, have/had. It's almost unheard in the old days a main character die, or almost unheard of an unaccredited character do something significant besides dying. Well, to take it simple, if your name wasn't in the credits you were there for one of three things: Died in a horrible way; being pretty and attract young guys; or just being there in the background being pretty and then die.
This book is not the best book Scalzi can write. I read Old Man's War and it's way better but nevertheless I enjoyed it and if I knew someone who enjoyed Star Trek I would lend it to him/her. Also, to anyone who enjoyes seeing tropes in tv series would be a nice reading material. Every series got at least one. When I say trope I mean cliche (I think its the same thing).
Nevertheless about this story is about several charactes who meet and as the story unfolds start to wonder that something is wrong like: Why Lt Kerensky never dies; why only some people do the discover science stuff; what a heck is that black box and Why some people act around the "Main" Cast.
It's good, humorous like a Pratchett book. A book to read, laugh in a train full of people wondering if you are going mad and in the end sit back, sigh and think about some of your favorite series and if you could do the same.
http://librarianaut.com/2012/12/28/book-review-redshirts/
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was my first Scalzi book and it just excited me to try more of his writing. It's a really fun play on the idea of the red shirts in science fiction. A fun vacation read. I hope you enjoy it like I did.
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's been a long time since I've given a book 5 stars, but WOW. I was smiling literally the entire time I was listening to this book. So meta...! I loved every second of it (ok, that one scene where the main character talked to the 'present day' version of his friend's dead wife was lame and pretty unnecessary. But that was really the only scene I didn't like). OMG AND THAT ENDING~ fuck. This book was so much fun.
*edit*
ok, I gave "Oryx and Crake" 5 stars back in April. That book was fun, but in a completely different way....
I really wasn't expecting to like this book that much. Pleasantly surprised, Mr. Scalzi.
OH yeah, now that my head is a bit clearer, I do remembering being incredibly annoyed by all the dialogue tags (Dhal said.....Duval said...etc...). In the first chapter, they were so frequent, and it sounded ridiculous in the audiobook, especially at 2x speed. But I think I just liked the story so much that I was able to ignore it...though, if I'm being honest, I did think a lot of the characters sounded the same, and I got a lot of them mixed up (I thought the guy who got his head blown up, Finn, was the main character's rich friend. But apparently that was the guy who I honestly didn't remember being in the entire story until the very end. That Hestor guy also didn't stand out at all until he became important. And I realize that was the point, but yeah, they could have been distinguished a little bit more....). Still 5 stars~
*edit*
ok, I gave "Oryx and Crake" 5 stars back in April. That book was fun, but in a completely different way....
I really wasn't expecting to like this book that much. Pleasantly surprised, Mr. Scalzi.
OH yeah, now that my head is a bit clearer, I do remembering being incredibly annoyed by all the dialogue tags (Dhal said.....Duval said...etc...). In the first chapter, they were so frequent, and it sounded ridiculous in the audiobook, especially at 2x speed. But I think I just liked the story so much that I was able to ignore it...though, if I'm being honest, I did think a lot of the characters sounded the same, and I got a lot of them mixed up (I thought the guy who got his head blown up, Finn, was the main character's rich friend. But apparently that was the guy who I honestly didn't remember being in the entire story until the very end. That Hestor guy also didn't stand out at all until he became important. And I realize that was the point, but yeah, they could have been distinguished a little bit more....). Still 5 stars~
funny
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
medium-paced