I don't know what I expected, but this book doesn't hold up well.

And by "doesn't hold up well" I mean that it reads like a Twilight Zone episode, complete with punchline. It's a good idea, but Haber and Orr just don't resonate as real people. The plot forces the individuals to act as they do, and so it plays out in the concept of archetypes. The aliens are a nice touch, but I kept wondering what Philip K. Dick would have done with this.