Justin Monisit’s Reviews > Starship Troopers > Status Update

Admittedly I rushed reading the ending bc I just wanted this to be over with but this is officially this is the worst book I've read cover to cover. Pure militaristic propaganda that guises itself as pulpy sci fi action that doesn't have any of that. Awful awful book.

Author is unhinged. This book has no first second or third act, it's just a guy going through boot camp and everyone is espousing propaganda. There's literally no reason this should be science fiction aside from the war they are fighting (that only shows up in the first chapter in ONE scene) and the gear they use, plus some history. But this book is stupid.

Hmm a chapter dedicated to deciding if the protagonist should stay in the military and spending the rest of the chapter talking about how great it is to be in the military, saying that those in the military should be the only ones to vote.

Totally normal book.

Okay this book is legit propaganda where entire chapters are just dedicated to political stuff that pushes me to whatever the opposite of what this guy is talking about. Only reason I am pushing through is bc I have to, but this takes too much time on describing technical jargon at the expense of an interesting story. These aren't characters, these are archetypes espousing platitudes and propaganda.

Reading the reviews on this, no one can really agree if it's satire or not but all agree it's at least a good book. On face value, it's actually a good book though, enough to ignore me deciphering if it is a parody or not.

I have absolutely no idea what to expect from this book. Quality? Satire? Action? First chapter tells me this is militaristic propaganda but apparently the movie is a funny satire so this should be interesting