Great idea but...

The moon turns to cheese, an unexpected event, sounds intriguing. However, what follows is less a novel and more a lot of short stories with the moon as the consistent thread. I like the author's books, but this one misses the target as it's too fragmented.

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Very funny, great characters but not wholly satisfying

I was kinda startled when this turned up and was a full 10-hour plus novel rather than a novella - the premise seemed unlikely to support a full novel. It did, and is both funny and clever (and even moving). Nonetheless I ended up feeling a little unsatisfied: it's told as a long series of vignettes with different protagonists, so you stay with people just enough to start really caring about them and then they're gone. Scalzi groups this novel conceptually with Starter Villain and the Kaiju Preservation Society; I'd say the latter is the best of the three, in that case. Wil Wheaton does his usual job. I like his performances on the whole, though they get a bit samey and his accents (especially his "British" accent) have to be accepted with humour. Overall I really enjoyed it, I recommend it, but I can't give it the full five stars.

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Brie

This book made me laugh and carried me through a rotten day and a subsequent batch cooking day. I am a complete Scalzi fan so bought it without reading reviews/blurb. It’s a collection of stories across an event rather than from a single perspective- with different tones. Works out very balanced and completely entertaining.

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Another super Scalzi story with Wheaton’s wonderful delivery

Another great story from John Scalzi - it certainly goes in interesting directions. A proper hilarious ride and in usual Scalzi style also deeply thought provoking
Wonderful delivery from Wil Wheaton - a magical combination with the story.
Thankyou - and when is the next book????

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Cheddar - has to be

Another cracker (yup, with cheese) from John. When the chair hit his face, I woke the house with my laughing!

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Loved it

I love a light-hearted sci-fi, and this one doesn’t disappoint. The structure of the book works beautifully for the story, and Wil Wheaton is, as always, perfect for Scalzi’s work.

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So disappointing

I love John scalzi and so bought this as soon as it was available, but sadly it was a real let down. As other reviewers have said, it is a collection of different people reacting to something amazing happening. Nothing wrong with that idea and scalzi’s writjng is, as ever, great but the book just doesn’t seem to say anything. It doesn’t hang together and almost seems like an exercise in creative writing where style battled with content and came away with a resounding victory. I grew bored as the book went on, and I rarely say that about any of scalzi’s books. I was hoping for a big ending to make me realise what it was all about and maybe make me see what the point of it all was. Sadly the ending is the worst part about it. Not quite ‘it was all a dream’ or ‘Bobby getting out of the shower’ but not far off that. Sorry John, I love your work, but this wasn’t one of your better ones.

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Time I won’t get back

A cross between Bevis n Butthead and verbal skitters . Limited humour . Had to switch this one off .

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