The Forever War: The science fiction classic and thought-provoking critique of war

Interesting premise with a good enough story, I certianly wanted to keep reading but the science is awful. Im not talking about the tropes that make its sc-fi setting viable its basic stuff, that could be fixed so easily with zero impact on the story. It's a let down that its science dressing is bad. As a read though, it's engaging enough to want to keep reading it.

Smart, but a little short. It has great scientific sections on space and relativity. I kind of thought that there was no point to it though. Theres no real insight into what the war is about, and also, theres no real insight into the character. Any time he builds a meaningful relationship with another character, its quickly ended and that plot line disappears. I guess this is part of the narrative thats being told here. Its a good book, but I can't give it more than 3 due to being short, and leaving a slightly unfulfilled feeling after reading it.

Touching, bang on science and bags and bags of narrative, good characterisation and enough inventiveness for three or four less worthy books. If you feel like you're born in the wrong age, time or place.... That's nothing compared to what old Mandella has to go through. Only criticism is that the treatment of gay issues is dated bordering on the paranoid, but that didn't affect my enjoyment of this deserved classic.