leifalreadyexists 's review for:

Redshirts by John Scalzi
4.0

Nearly perfect. This was my first Scalzi, after reading Whatever Blog for years (though I also fell off that wagon years ago), and I was a little nervous from the expectations. But the novel is gorgeous, funny, and sad - all of the hallmarks of elegant and profoundly moving fiction, not matter what genre. When the final three meta chapters came up I did start to get a little restless as they seemed to land on "cute" instead of necessary connections, but overall this is a joyous book that I would heartily recommend to anyone who has watched their share of Star Trek or related television.