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missgloop 's review for:
Space Opera
by Catherynne M. Valente
A lot of reviewers will call this book Eurovision in space, which it is, but I don’t think it accurately describes the feel of reading it (or listening to it- I listened on audio and I do recommend it). Imagine reading Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while listening to the soundtrack of Hedwig and the Angry Inch while you have Doctor Who on mute on TV. In premise it sounds good and I like all those things but it was just... a bit much all done together. One of the things that I disliked the most was that there was just SO much exposition, like dictionary definitions of aliens and snippets of their history etc, that just really through off the narrative flow. Overall I liked elements of it but maybe it would work better as a movie as opposed to a book because the writing sometimes just got in the way of the plot.