A review by iviarelle
Redshirts by John Scalzi

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I knew the twist going in, so that didn't have much effect for me, but I still had a fair bit of fun. As a lifetime fan of Star Trek, this book was basically written for me. The ending was a little weak, though. A part of that is the intentional aspect of it, and a part of it is that there's a big philosophical bomb dropped on it without time to really unpack, as though the questions posed by the whole text weren't enough. Still, it was fun, and I'd probably pick it up again for something reasonably lighthearted despite all the deaths.