Book Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel of cheese.
It's a whole new moooooon.
One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced with an orb of cheese with the exact same mass. Through the length of an entire lunar cycle, from new moon to a spectacular and possibly final solar eclipse, we follow multiple characters -- schoolkids and scientists, billionaires and workers, preachers and politicians -- as they confront the strange new world they live in, and the absurd, impossible moon that now hangs above all their lives.

Not my favorite of Scalzi’s books, mainly because there are so many characters in the story. The book narrates how the moon turning into cheese affects different people.

One of my favorite characters in the book was the billionaire CEO of an aerospace company, clearly inspired by a real person. Somehow, his actions weren’t unexpected.

I always turn to Scalzi’s books for some fun and to meet charismatic people, and while the book was moderately entertaining, the reading soon became almost a chore, as I didn’t find it compelling enough and was bothered by the change in focus. I think I would have enjoyed the book a lot more if it were focused on a smaller set of more developed characters.

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My name is Elena. Since I was a little child I loved science fiction and fantasy, and I can’t resist a good novel. In 2015, while wait I started to listen to audiobooks and I discovered the pleasure in being able to read while doing my daily tasks, so there’s always an audiobook playing on my phone. If you see me with my Bluetooth headphones on, please be gentle, I get easily startled.

I live with my boyfriend, which I met during my six-year stay in Belgium, four cockatiels, eight lovebirds, and a hamster in Madrid, Spain; and I like to spend my free time knitting and sewing while listening to audiobooks.