When The Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
Look, I know expectations can be killer. But I feel like expecting a given book to be a novel (here defined as a singular, coherent narrative) is a fair assumption?
Unfortunately, this time the ass turned out to be me.
Moon is a fun collection of related short stories about the moon turning into a block of cheese ("organic material" is the official NASA line, because cheese comes from cows and how can you tell if it's actually cheese, etc.) of exactly the same mass, and what ensues from that.
There are lots of cute little anecdotes and fun characters sprinkled throughout, but unfortunately given my initial expectations the whole thing ultimately felt narratively underwhelming. If you go into it with, dairy I say it, the right mindset, it should be an quick, enjoyable romp.
Almost a whole review without a cheese pun? Almost bleu that one!