Perfectly enjoyable, fairly shallow retread of the themes expressed in Old Man's War. Plus one evil mastermind who gives a big third-act villain speech, sealing his doom, instead of just keeping his stupid mouth shut. The lead character is a cypher (literally) and not nearly as much fun as the old m...
This sequel to "Old Man's War" does an excellent job of filling out the background to one of the more mysterious figures in the first novel, while avoiding the pitfalls common to "2nd-act" books.The Ghost Brigades - the "special forces" of the CDF - are by their nature shadowy and unknown. This insi...
Old Man's War was great. This sequel was also very interesting. Focused solely on the special forces and how they are born, trained and think. Very cool battles and ideas. Well worth the time.
I borrowed this one from the public library. I have read Scalzi's Old Man's War as well. All I will say is this one was not as good. I will probably skip the third one. See my blog post on the book: [http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/03/booknote-ghost-brigades.html]
2012 January 27Scalzi incorporates some of the finest aspects of golden age scifi with a 21st century mindset. That makes his books not just guilt-free, but actually good for you. There's all the making-of-a-perfect-soldier, the training, the tactics, the interesting weapons, and interesting enemies...
I really enjoy the sort of hard science fiction/adventure story that snags you at the first page and takes you roller coastering onward without a lot of maundering about. So I really enjoyed this book. Also I was just in the right mood.
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