When I heard kaiju, I was immediately interested. I think the story had a great introduction and world-building. The kaiju interactions are unique and seem plausible.

But as I continued I realized I didn't mesh with the humor. The humor here is not necessarily bad, but it's not funny to me. But I think it captures the type of collaboration that comes from working on a team with various quirky, STEM academic types. Sidenote, I don't know how anyone liked Niahm. They had terrible attitude problems. But I guess they were all a mostly sarcastic bunch.

Also, the detailed scientific principles here will really appeal to some readers, but to me, it felt like the equivalent of an overly technical love scene. Like, where is the sensuality?

Overall, my interest was starting to wane until the plot finally unfolded. At that point, I think the book hit its stride well.  I went into this story with no expectations, but it's not bad.