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roadtripreader 's review for:
The Observers
by John Scalzi
funny
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One can't fill the soft spot I have for the B-Team - it's more like a crater in my heart.
Before I rearrange the lyrics to The Real Slim Shady and replace it with The Real B-Team, let me just get on my soapbox and announce that I am once again petitioning for a BrainPal.
My man with the BrainPal, Wilson coming through with the hail mary save. Every.single.time. AND I'm not bored yet.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
The Earthlings are coming! The Earthlings are coming! By god the earthlings are coming!. Lol okay but the Colonial Union and Earth relations are heating up and "The Clarke's" two earthings, CDF Lieutenant Wilson and Ambassador Abumwe have one of those missions.
Character Development/Favorite Character:
My Dream Cast for The B-Team if Hollywood or "Streamingland" deigns to put this on screen
🖤 Ambassador Abumwe - Viola Davis
🖤Hart Schmidt - Alexander Skarsgard, Lee Pace or Adam Driver(for height and weird hotness appeal).
🖤CDF LT Harry Wilson - Joseph Gordon Lewitt or Tom Hiddleston or Tim Tim Chalamet if he grows a bit more then maybe him.
🖤Neva Balla - Lupita Nyongo
🖤Captain Coloma - Salma Hayek or Penelope Cruz or if we go younger Gina Rodriguez or America Ferrera.
🖤Dr Inge Stone - Christina Hendricks or Emily Blunt. Maybe Anne Hathaway.
🖤Basquez The Engineer - Manny Montana (range keeps him typecast so this would be refreshing)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Wilson and Lowen drinking some potent earth scotch and Lowen drunkenly realizing CDF soldiera can't get drunk.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “You’re engaging in the pathetic fallacy. Just because I look like a human being doesn’t mean I am. This body has more genetic material that’s not strictly human than it does material that is human.” (Wilson on being CDF modified)
🖤 “They’re either going to kill each other or start sleeping together simply as a defensive maneuver.” (Wilson on the new Clarke)
🖤 “Wilson realized his long-held wish that Abumwe would actually relax from time to time was clearly in error. This was a person who operated best and most efficiently when she was truly and genuinely pissed off;” (Wilson on Abumwe)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Blblllblblb Doodoodo of Burfinor,🤣 maybe Scalzi fell asleep on the keyboard but this name works wonders
■Magnetic Cups
■ The Human-to-CDF transfer process
■SmartBlood - oxygen sequestration
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025
Before I rearrange the lyrics to The Real Slim Shady and replace it with The Real B-Team, let me just get on my soapbox and announce that I am once again petitioning for a BrainPal.
My man with the BrainPal, Wilson coming through with the hail mary save. Every.single.time. AND I'm not bored yet.
Plot/Storyline/Themes:
The Earthlings are coming! The Earthlings are coming! By god the earthlings are coming!. Lol okay but the Colonial Union and Earth relations are heating up and "The Clarke's" two earthings, CDF Lieutenant Wilson and Ambassador Abumwe have one of those missions.
Character Development/Favorite Character:
My Dream Cast for The B-Team if Hollywood or "Streamingland" deigns to put this on screen
🖤 Ambassador Abumwe - Viola Davis
🖤Hart Schmidt - Alexander Skarsgard, Lee Pace or Adam Driver(for height and weird hotness appeal).
🖤CDF LT Harry Wilson - Joseph Gordon Lewitt or Tom Hiddleston or Tim Tim Chalamet if he grows a bit more then maybe him.
🖤Neva Balla - Lupita Nyongo
🖤Captain Coloma - Salma Hayek or Penelope Cruz or if we go younger Gina Rodriguez or America Ferrera.
🖤Dr Inge Stone - Christina Hendricks or Emily Blunt. Maybe Anne Hathaway.
🖤Basquez The Engineer - Manny Montana (range keeps him typecast so this would be refreshing)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Wilson and Lowen drinking some potent earth scotch and Lowen drunkenly realizing CDF soldiera can't get drunk.
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “You’re engaging in the pathetic fallacy. Just because I look like a human being doesn’t mean I am. This body has more genetic material that’s not strictly human than it does material that is human.” (Wilson on being CDF modified)
🖤 “They’re either going to kill each other or start sleeping together simply as a defensive maneuver.” (Wilson on the new Clarke)
🖤 “Wilson realized his long-held wish that Abumwe would actually relax from time to time was clearly in error. This was a person who operated best and most efficiently when she was truly and genuinely pissed off;” (Wilson on Abumwe)
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts:
■ Blblllblblb Doodoodo of Burfinor,🤣 maybe Scalzi fell asleep on the keyboard but this name works wonders
■Magnetic Cups
■ The Human-to-CDF transfer process
■SmartBlood - oxygen sequestration
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025