scrooge3 's review for:

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

4.0

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If you like [b:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|386162|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)|Douglas Adams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1559986152s/386162.jpg|3078186], you should like this book; if you don't, skip it. There is very little plot to speak of, mostly just weird non sequiturs, making the trivial important, and making the important trivial. Humor is hard to do, especially sustained for almost three hundred pages, and although Valente's efforts at emulating Douglas Adams are quite noticeable, she manages to make it work most of the time. This book will likely have a longer shelf life than whichever other novel wins the Hugo Award this year.