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Ever read one of those authors that you can slip into like slipping into your own brain? At least in this book, Scalzi does that for me. I really enjoyed this book. I'm not really a huge fan of the war genre of books, but this one really worked for me even though there were lots of scenes describing war strategy. And maybe that's what made it interesting. Rather than a bunch of people blowing each other up, there was a thoughtfulness to it. Oh, bother. If you don't like war stories, that didn't
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Jan 06, 2019
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A relatively pleasant re-read. Sure it's a whole training thing but this time with old people. It's clever and relatively fun. And then it runs into war and war is miserable. So the book gets a little tired before the end. I did read the entire series before, so it's hard for me to decide what I'm picking up on in this one as compared to what I remember. I ran into a young person who had just re-read this book and loved it, and its sequels - so I guess it's not just a book for old people.
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I think it was a pretty satisfying read and overall, the Geek Out! book club liked it. There were some info-dump sections and some inconsistencies that bothered some people in the group. I liked Scalzi's quiet moments of humanity and personal relationships, even more so than military action. Everyone in the book club agreed that they would read more of the series. It was mentioned too, that there were lost opportunities for world-building here, since there were so many cool aliens and odd life f
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Excellent, straightforward military science fiction, with just enough philosophy, emotion and what-ifs to keep you thinking when the book is finished.
Sort of hokey, I must admit. But I loved this book for it's original ideas -- I have never read anything like it! I understand that parts are very similar to the movie "Avatar".
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Man - this was a blast! The comparisons to Forever War and Starship Troopers is fair enough, though I probably ENJOYED this one the best. In all fairness, I don't think it was necessarily "as deep" - the deeper questions it asks are all worn right on it's sleeve and managed right on the surface -, but it was more entertaining that either one.
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