The Kaiju Preservation Society

Just like in "Starter Villain", there are plenty of fun ideas in this book. It's light and a quick read. Had a French version of the book.

As the author states himself: This is the book equivalent of a pop song and not meant to go very deep. With that in mind, it was entertaining to read. The characters are a bit flat and predictable, the story needs a lot of suspending one's belief from the reader (so much that even Scalzi needed to make the main character explain what the literary term "lamp shading" means, in a meta-nod to his own story). If you're up for something light with a lot of quips and pop culture references, I recommend to read this book.

The story is fun and creative. It's too bad the characters are so poorly written. By the end of the book I had trouble focusing on anything else.

The characters are all the same. Whether it's a science fiction loving delivery guy, a brilliant scientist, a billionaire tech bro or an experienced military officer, they all have identical mannerisms and speech. If you take any dialogue out of context there's no way to guess who said it.. Everyone is calm and snarky in the face of death, and more interested in getting a quick jab against the scene's designated punching bag than in what's best for themselves in the long term.