Read it recently, somewhat influenced by a post about John Scalzi on the sub, just wanted to share my thoughts and ask what you guys thought.
Minor spoilers ahead.
My opinion about the book wavered as I read it. It went somewhat like this
- Covid setup, cringe
- Oh, secret society, Kaiju, cool
- Why do these guys constantly bitch with each other like they are kids from Stranger Things?
- Chill, everyone is a megachad and bad guys get fucked
- The culmination, meh, nothing original
And then I read the author’s notes about the book and realized that this was my favorite part.
I’ll read just about anything so long as it’s got something clever about it. Interesting universe, good dialogue, smart wordplay, stuff like that. If you were to, say, turn to your favorite page to show to a friend or lover, why would it be your favorite page? What’s going on (is it in the writing style? In the story? What in particular) that makes you say “I want to show this to someone”?