I should have mentioned it's not my favorite by Scalzi, but I did have great fun with it.
As for the codas, I think I may have mentioned I'm in the minority for liking them. Most reviews and comments I've seen are from people who didn't care for them.
I thought it was funny, clever and entertaining but I didn't give it higher than a 7 because I thought it just needed something else. I didn't care much for the characters (especially the woman, who was even stated as only being a part of the plot due to her sleeping with the lieutenant).
I enjoyed the Codas as well, mostly the first and last one. The first one implied to me that it could have been just a made up thing for the writer who had writer's block. But the last Coda implied it all actually happened. What do you think?
It's not my favorite by Scalzi: I should have pointed that out. The Old Man's War trilogy (quartet, technically) is far more interesting, especially for female characters (see: The Ghost Brigades, which is book two; Zoe's Tale, which is book four). There's also a beautiful novella written in between books two and three of that series from the female POV that's just amazing, called the The Sagan Diary. Not to be read without reading the other books though.
I never left Redshirts with the idea it never happened, but I can see how that first coda might have lead the reader to think as much. I took everything quite literally. :)
I thought it was a fun, light read. It was a nice break from some of the other stuff I have been reading. It took me a little longer than 24 hours to read, but not much.
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As for the codas, I think I may have mentioned I'm in the minority for liking them. Most reviews and comments I've seen are from people who didn't care for them.
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I thought it was funny, clever and entertaining but I didn't give it higher than a 7 because I thought it just needed something else. I didn't care much for the characters (especially the woman, who was even stated as only being a part of the plot due to her sleeping with the lieutenant).
I enjoyed the Codas as well, mostly the first and last one. The first one implied to me that it could have been just a made up thing for the writer who had writer's block. But the last Coda implied it all actually happened. What do you think?
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I never left Redshirts with the idea it never happened, but I can see how that first coda might have lead the reader to think as much. I took everything quite literally. :)
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