Review: Funny, Charming & Very Pleasant
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
This 140 page novella manages the neat trick of putting traditional bad blind date humor in the context of space stations, friendly AIs and aliens.  It is laugh out loud funny in a few spots, and just generally an easy, gently amusing and pleasant read.The humor is not over the top silly (not like The Hitchhiker's Guide).  Rather, the humor feels natural, even though some of the blind dates and other situations are definitely ridiculous.  Nor do you need to like science fiction -- pretty much anyone that can appreciate well done bad date humor can appreciate this.Bottom line:  I really liked this book, and think most people would.  It is maybe a tad too short (and perhaps even too silly) for a 5-star rating, but I definitely recommend picking it up.P.S.  The gentle well done humor in a science fiction setting reminded me of Agent to the Stars, another book I highly recommend even to people that do not normally enjoy science fiction.