This story started out promising, as I hadn't heard of any writers trying to tackle the Giant Monster tale in a fully literary medium. Usually, writers try to put it in a format like a graphic novel to help bring out the heavy visualizations that accompany the subject matter. By about halfway through the story, I started to wonder is Mr. Selznick had an entirely different story in mind than what he had started with. It seemed, on the surface, that he was going to give us another "rock 'em, sock 'em" story. I was also confused by the twist of how the monster was tied to Reggie's relationship, and I couldn't help but see the part in the Americanized Godzilla when Matthew Broderick's character was standing directly in front of Godzilla as it roared at him.
Sadly, I didn't think much of Emmerich's Godzilla either. This wasn't one of the better stories that I've heard on EP, but I also don't think that it took itself too seriously either.