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scotchyeti 's review for:
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Strange things happen on board of the starship Intrepid and Andrew Dahl, a new recruit, is eager to find out more...
The first half of the book was very funny with crazy adventures and a big "mysterie". Unfortunately the closer I came to the revelation, the more the book turned into a B-movie that has absolutely nothing to say. As a satire it works but the metafictional part left me cold. I have no problem with it, in the right hands it can be an interesting tool to question our expectations and views. Scalzi however doesn't manage it and I got the impression that he was either running out of ideas or that he just wanted to publish the book as quickly as possible.
The first half of the book was very funny with crazy adventures and a big "mysterie". Unfortunately the closer I came to the revelation, the more the book turned into a B-movie that has absolutely nothing to say. As a satire it works but the metafictional part left me cold. I have no problem with it, in the right hands it can be an interesting tool to question our expectations and views. Scalzi however doesn't manage it and I got the impression that he was either running out of ideas or that he just wanted to publish the book as quickly as possible.