A very engaging and funny book. It does Douglas Adams style of sci-fi humor better than Douglas Adams in my opinion, though I have only read Hitchhiker's Guide. That might sound like heresy to some, but I wasn't the biggest fan of Douglas Adams myself honestly. To be fair, this couldn't quite very well exist without Adams paving the way since it drew significant influence from him.

It was a bit difficult for me to wrap my head around the way Valente described some of the aliens. I could create a picture of it in my mind's eye though still felt the picture I created looked anything like what she had intended. Some of the plot lines were also quite disjointed when they didn't seem like they needed to be. It is no where near uncommon for plots to jump back and forth with chronology, but in this case doing so did not really do the book any favors.

Overall though, it was very enjoyable with a style of humor I can appreciate, though it is so strong it could be the very thing that turns other people off to the book. I really liked though Eurovision concept as well.