The book has plenty of flaws, but I'd like to say that I did enjoy it anyway. I just want that info to be clear because most of the rest of this will focus on what's actually wrong with it. Just remember that the story is actually good enough to make up for most of the issues.
The author has an unsophisticated style. I'm not a literature professor or I'd be able to tell you what's more specifically different. But basically it feels as though it weren't written by a professional author. Not as much variety in the sentence structures or something like that. This makes it feel a bit like a YA novel even though none of the characters are kids.
The main char, Carrie, is a complete ditz and not very likeable at the start of the book. This is unfortunate because the first person narration tends to rely on having a sympathetic character. She did seem to get less ditzy -- and therefore less unlikeable -- later into the book, which was totally unjustified and unrealistic, but I didn't mind that as much as I might have. Possibly because the light-hearted absurdity of the story gives it a humorous tone.
The basic plot of the story is that our "hero", a more or less worthless woman who can't hold on to a job or a boyfriend, and doesn't seem to have any friends either, stumbled into a job interview for a position as a negotiator and liaison for aliens who have been covertly in contact with earth governments for some time. This happens mostly because of the incompetence of the HR alien, so there is a bit of comedy-of-errors feel to it. Without actually understanding what the job is about (or trying to, even) she bullies the interviewer into giving her the position -- intending to take it only long enough to steal the nice handbag that the alien tools for the job come in (did I mention that she was a bit unlikeable?) and then scarper off. Meanwhile she is starting another job at some sort of help-desk/call-center. That job she intends to keep, but also isn't too clear on the specifics because she didn't pay much attention during her orientation.
So she tricks a co-worker into a date of sorts, and then his incompetence and nosiness end up getting them both transported to another world for her first assignment. There they have to investigate a dispute between a race of giant intelligent office-supplies and a hive-mind and childish race called the oootoon (or something like that, I might be spelling it wrong).
Overall, the humorous absurdity of the tale outweighs any flaws in the narrative, and I found it to be a very enjoyable read. I look forward to any further adventures future stories may bring.
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