joosep 's review for:

Redshirts by John Scalzi
4.0

I have always loved meta stories and am familiar enough with Star Trek's original series, and it's story structure. So all that meta stuff was great. Atmospheric dread on the ship was what made the "I like it" rating got to "I really like it".
Then I got to the second part of the story. That created some mixed feelings.
I would have liked a more "scientific" solution or how Star Trek would explain and solve it.
After shifting my expectations, I was also happy with the second part. Probably, character Hanson's part in the book was what made me rethink about the things that I didn't like in the second half of the book. In the end, I was still happy with the book.
I also liked the 3 codas at the end, even if they didn't seem necessary. After the story is over, I like when I can still linger in that world a little. Codas gave a little more closure.