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.
Not enough descriptions of the Kaiju. It was just “wings” or “tentacle things” but mostly descriptions were limited to “Kaiju” which was rather insufficient.
Pithy but decent. Quick and easy, inoffensive read.
Speaking of Kaiju I liked the people are the monsters take