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What did you think of Kaiju Preservation Society? (self.sciencefiction)

submitted 11 months ago by nodimetotie to c/sciencefiction

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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.

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[–] kat_angstrom 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] nodimetotie 2 points 11 months ago

Speaking of Kaiju I liked the people are the monsters take