Como dice Scalzi, a veces todos necesitamos una canción Pop para distraernos. Y vaya temazo.

Lo que empieza como una novela ligera y hecha para engancharte, se convierte en un climax absoluto con una resolución que, aunque apresurada, deja un sabor de boca genial. Comerse a los ricos, siempre deja buen sabor.

Durante gran parte de la novel quizá la puntuaría con un 3, correcta y entretenida, pero el hecho de que la haya devorado y de que al final te deje tan satisfecho como después de salir del ultimo Blockbuster de Marvel (o de un conciertazo de Rock), hacen que suba a 4.

La nota más discordante, quizá le habría ido bien un repaso de corrección/galeradas a la traducción (muy buena pero poco pulida por parte de la editorial en cuanto a fallos). ( )

A really fun easy read. Someone referred to it as a palate cleanser book, and I agree. Every now and then you have to read something that is just fun. In the time of Covid, Jamie gets fired from her startup marketing job and has to work as a "door dash" driver. A customer offers her a job working with a team that works with animals, VERY big animals. Kaiju's are real, they come from a parallel earth, and the KPS is tasked with studying them, keeping them out of our world and helping them survive.

"The last version was almost there. Doc said she definitely saw evidence of a tumescent cloaca." I laughed.
"What's got you chuckling?" Satie said.
"I was just thinking that Edward's Tumescent Cloaca would have been an excellent band name." "Emo, obviously," Kahurangi said. "Their first album glistened with promise, but their follow-up was a little flaccid."
"Their third album was really shitty."
"To be fair, the competition was stiff that year."
"I just thought that they should have shown a little more spunk" ( )

Wacky sci-fi fun kind of reminiscent of Jurassic Park but not exactly.

If you enjoy Scalzi’s writing you’ll probably like this. ( )

Awesome fun!. And Wil Wharton's narration wad perfect. ( )

A great Christmas present from my son. Scalzi is at his best storytelling through the eyes of the naive everyman experiencing the marvel of unforeseen wonders. This novel isn’t particularly literary or mind-blowing, but it is . . . full-on fun! It’s ‘Old Man War’ fun, and it’s full of Scalzi-snark.

Jamie Gray is our MC and hasn’t just been fired, he’s been exploited and screwed by his boss. He’s been let go during the Covid-19 pandemic and must resort to driving for a food-delivery app to barely make ends meet. He serendipitously makes a delivery to an old friend who offers him a job on the spot. A job which will not only solve his money issues but take him to a place he could never imagine and see things he could never believe – namely awe-inspiring, real Kaiju (if you’re not familiar with that term – think Godzilla or Mothra – giant monsters).

The book was a very fast read for me, it’s just over 250 pages. Scalzi burns some pages explaining both the pseudo-science that allows for inter-dimensional travel, but also the creative eco-system of the Kaiju and their environment. It wasn’t until I completed the book that I realized the letter ‘A’ in John ScAlzi on the cover was a nuclear mushroom cloud. He has likeable characters that fast find comradery as you might expect in a dangerous but wonder-filled environment. And what makes a better villain than a dishonest, government-funded, unscrupulous billionaire? The entitled, manipulative, cut-throat son of a billionaire, of course. I think that’s enough of the plot, if you loved Crichton’s “Jurassic Park” then you’ll enjoy this tale.

Four moss-covered, scaly (or Scalzi?) stars for this amusing romp into a delightfully dangerous world filled with impossible creatures and a great balance of wit and peril. ( )