When Jamie Gray quit his PhD to work in a start-up, he did not expect to be laid off during a global pandemic. While working as a courier to make ends meet, he runs into an old acquaintance Tom. Tom works in an “animal rights organization” and happens to need a last-minute grunt on their next field visit. As it turns out, the “animals” aren’t quite what Jamie was imagining and are Godzilla-like creatures from an alternate dimension called Kaijus. As a member of the Kaiju Preservation Society, Jamie must now do what he can to help the team understand everything about Kaijus and, most importantly, preserve these enigmatic creatures from ill-intended humans.

The Kaiju Preservation Society is such a fun read! Science fiction with world-building can often be a miss for me, especially if it’s more fantasy-like rather than based on hard science (see: Dune lol). But I am pleasantly surprised by the more narrow scope and how John Scalzi just focuses on detailing the biology surrounding Kaijus. The plots are a tad predictable, but I still couldn’t put the book down! The Kaiju Preservation Society is an excellent book for those looking for light-hearted science fiction with hopefully-not-too-complicated science plots. I’d also love to watch a movie adaptation of this one!