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rating: 3/5
Decided finally to listen to the audiobook (preferably while working out). Classic sci-fi so many people seem to love while others hate. It also spurs on political discussions galore so I chose to see for myself what all the fuss is about. And, oh boy...
Let's just make something clear, I love military/war types of fiction but in real life I am pretty left of the spectrum on most issues (moderate on others). So when I read this book I tried to keep an open mind and rate it based on fic ...more
Decided finally to listen to the audiobook (preferably while working out). Classic sci-fi so many people seem to love while others hate. It also spurs on political discussions galore so I chose to see for myself what all the fuss is about. And, oh boy...
Let's just make something clear, I love military/war types of fiction but in real life I am pretty left of the spectrum on most issues (moderate on others). So when I read this book I tried to keep an open mind and rate it based on fic ...more
I neither liked it nor disliked it. I had hoped for an action packed adventure story with lot of war strategy and some cool aliens. What I got instead were lectures on why war is necessary for humankind, why it is okay to kill aliens blah blah. Also he spends more than half of the book on military training and discipline, rather than on the actual war. There is no world building either. It was SO boring and a snoozefest. The author is very pro war and finds wars really exciting. If you do not sh
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Heinlein really achieves something here- to be so boring yet so controversial. Sections of this are written quite well, but in no way does this succeed as a novel.
Will happily toss myself into ‘not the target audience’ and move on.
If I ever have kids and need a reminder to beat them, I’ll request this from the library.
Will happily toss myself into ‘not the target audience’ and move on.
If I ever have kids and need a reminder to beat them, I’ll request this from the library.
great
Oct 27, 2013
Belphegoris
marked it as to-read
Sep 11, 2015
Davis
marked it as to-read
