This fun Star Trek parody with a twist was super entertaining! John Scalzi's trademark humor carries the plot even in those moments when it's not top notch, the characters are likeable and felt, to me, more refined than in [b:The Kaiju Preservation Society|57693406|The Kaiju Preservation Society|John Scalzi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1624897234l/57693406.SY75.jpg|90049719], the only other Scalzi book I had read before this one.
The solution to the problem of the mysteriously dying crew members wasn't exactly the most creative, I have to admit, but it was interesting to follow nevertheless. The second half of the book was, surprisingly, somewhat less captivating than the first.

My edition contained a foreword in which this book was praised as "almost philosophical" and overall much more intellectual than I had the impression it actually was - not sure if I missed something, or if the author of that foreword just felt fancy. It's a good book, I just didn't find it very deep.

Three short chapters make up a very interesting "epilogue" - a nice conclusion to this entertaining science fiction nerd festival of a book.