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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Macht Spaß zu lesen und hinterlässt einige Anregungen zum Nachdenken 😌
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is amazing. Do you like Star Trek and other science fiction TV shows? You will like this book. Do you like Galaxy Quest? You will love this book! Hilarious and with a surprising amount of heart, this novel brought me lots of joy. I highly recommend it!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not going to write a lengthy summary for this one. I'm just going to say that the book can best be described as a metacommentary on a metacommentary on Star Trek and leave it like that. Oh, and funny.
Don't like Star Trek? This is not the book for you. Seriously. You have to be invested in Trek in order for much of the book to truly make sense on the level its author intended.
Don't like Star Trek? This is not the book for you. Seriously. You have to be invested in Trek in order for much of the book to truly make sense on the level its author intended.
The gimmick of the book is very much the same as in [a:Pelevin|6597270|Viktor Pelevin|http://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66-251a730d696018971ef4a443cdeaae05.jpg]'s [b:t|7100173|t|Victor Pelevin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1329258142s/7100173.jpg|7357986] which I liked a lot as well, but Redshirts in addition combines it with a problem, painfully (as in laughing so hard it hurts) familiar to any fan of the original series. And, in a true recursive meta fashion, Scalzi's characters realize the unoriginality of their predicament on multiple levels and use it to their own advantage. I have to disagree with the criticism by some reviewers of the three codas, I felt it really adding to the story - sort of like how the two stories of [b:Lanark|161037|Lanark|Alasdair Gray|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327948704s/161037.jpg|958496] add to the novel. And yes, making Wesley Crusher read it was the most brilliant, even if obvious, move by audible.
I may have enjoyed this book more had the characters in the first portion of the book had any depth at all.
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 rounded down because I couldn't think of anything to round up for. This is a great book under certain circumstances. It's rather short, and the latter half drags a bit. It's also very funny and the plot twists were genuinely surprising. A nice, light hearted feel good scifi pseudo mystery read for anxious nights. There are a lot of cultural references so it shouldn't be anyone's first book or something to introduce someone to a genre for sure. Some of the characters were thin and a little interchangeable but, it's still more fun than 4 (or two) episodes of some new depressing streaming trash.
A bit of a disappointment. I like Scalzi's books and I love Star Trek so I should love this but I felt the plot was a bit too clever and meta for my tastes. The characters didn't really come to life for me (I even kept confusing some of them) which is rather ironic for a book about characters that are easily killed off and forgotten.
The codas were interesting however and made up for a lot. They showed more interesting views on the story's events and characters than in the main plot.
The codas were interesting however and made up for a lot. They showed more interesting views on the story's events and characters than in the main plot.