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This book is silly. Mostly fun silly, but the "our modern world, but TV shows are transmitted by magic and Ubers are horse drawn" concept grated on me a little. But still, it lives up to the title. Imagine it said sarcastically, and then becoming true. It's the perfect title for the book

This is, to me, a perfect book. It might not be a perfect book for you, as it is very much a noir crime novel, and also profoundly philosophical speculative fiction, and you might loathe one, or the other or the combination. But if you like reading things that are new to you and different from what you've read, you should give it a try!

This is an incredible book, and you probably shouldn't read it. Not because it's badly written or anything, but because it's a lot, and by sheer probability it will be too much for most people. Have you read an enjoyed the Sparrow, but found the celibacy of the protagonist the most annoying thing about it? You might be ready for this one. I'd recommend reading a few more reviews though, and don't trust the tags too much. Sure, there is an overall romance plot, but "it's not romance as we know it, Captain!"

This is a very well written, short, simple book. It's very cozy to some people, not all if them coffee drinkers. I know, because I'm not a coffee drinker, and I found it very cozy.

This is the kind of book that makes me give most books three or four stars. It's exceptional, and it deserves to get more stars than other books. Is an unusual fantasy premise executed very well and I recommend it to anyone who loves books.

Maybe it's my prejudice against multiverses and transdimensional travel, but despite the spectacular world building and polished narrative of this absolute unit of a first volume, I never felt this story. There's a soullessness to it that I feel bleeds in from the very concept of knowing for each of these characters there are potentially tens? hundreds? nearly indistinguishable, in the universes next door. If feels underexplained why these specific ones are the ones we follow, why these matter more than all the others, why world changing, one-in-a-million events happen to these, while the others, with one extremely minor exception, don't make an appearance at all.
If it was less hefty I might consider picking up the next one, but as it is this felt to me like too much book for not enough progress. YMMV

This is an awesome book. Well researched, balanced, funny! I too love the idea of space settlement and have come to think proponents are glossing over some major obstacles. Now I didn't have to do my own complicated research to confirm that suspicion. I hope some economic analyses will drop as a DLC though.