It might have been when Dahl got skewered.
I actually started crying somewhere near the end. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? I liked everything about the way he portrayed the characters, with the exception of Duvahl (not sure of spelling) Some narrators are able to portray female voices well, but Wheaton's female voice was indistinguishable, which is part of the flaw this book has. What about Wil Wheaton’s performance did you like? Both books have soldier protagonists, both are commentary on how f-ed up the world they are living in is, and the tone and humor are similar. The only book other than John Scalzi's other books that this reminds me of is John Ringo's Last Centurion. What other book might you compare Redshirts to, and why? The fact that nobody knew why they were doing what they did. I liked the principle most, and the inner monologues. One annoying flaw in an excellent piece of prose. Once you get past the said issue, I'd highly recommend this to anyone, nerd and non nerd alike! What starts as a sort of goofy idea full of nerd lore becomes a rumination on life, the soul and our place in the universe and reality. I was surprised at how the book changes throughout. Much has already been made in other reviews here of the overreliance on 'he said' 'she said' 'he asked' etc and they are right, but you do eventually start to tune it out and I think this is more the fault of the editing for the audio read than against the writing or the performance as it doesn't notice as much when you read the physical copy yourself. The codas in particular I thought came across as funny, involving and touching all at once and here was where Wheaton excelled. I loved this book, the concept was great, the characters, great and the performance - while not as good as Wheaton's other reads maybe - still absorbed me into the story.
Great listen, if a little jarring sometimes. The first is mildly amusing, but the second tries too hard to be sentimental, made worse by the author delivering it in an over the top dramatic style. It is worth a listen/read, but do yourself a favour and skip the last "Coda" (or both of them if you are not that bothered). It's an interesting idea for a story and develops reasonably well. I found myself thinking about the book in-between reading it, which to me is the sign of a good book. I expected the Star Trek like setting to be a lot more relevant than it was, but the book still manages to keep you interested. The story goes in a much more existential direction than I expected, but I have to admit I was totally hooked in the middle. If you are anything like me, you are going to have to constantly suppress a nervous tick while listening to this. Firstly, the "said" issue that other reviewers mention is definitely a thing, together with a number of other grammatical and phrasing issues.
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