As a fan of Weekes's work for writing characters and dialogue for Bioware games, I was really keen to read this book.

Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it very much. It felt like it would have read better as a screenplay or recited in a visual medium.

It relied heavily on dialogue, and with almost every line being a joke, quip, or punchline, it felt like the author was just trying too hard to be funny or quirky.

The humour in this book also really required comedic timing, which just wasn't achieved.

The characters were supposed to feel individual, established, and interesting, but they mostly felt like poor archetypes.

The whole 'everyone dies but everyone actually survives' coupled with the 'everyone finds love in the end' made for a disappointing conclusion.