Reviews tagging 'War'

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

21 reviews

trisha_clay's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Rape

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Grief

Minor: Cancer

aely's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Colonisation, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

kihvod's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Sexual content, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

iono's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Medical content, Xenophobia, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Body horror, Racism, Infertility, Sexual content, Cancer, and Infidelity

josiahpeterson17's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I had to read this for my college fiction class. I quite enjoyed this book. I found the humor to be hilarious and the protagonist is fun. It's just a simple sci-fi story with some solid twists and interesting exploration of humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Sexual content and Gore

lavi23's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This is one long pro war pro colonization book. Killing of native population is mentioned as a necessary mean in the book and a lot of other very questionable actions are shortly discussed and then ignored. Why try diplomacy when you can just kill anyone, and kill they do. 
 The main character is the absolute super hero who has everything working out for him while no one knows why. It‘s well written but the story lacks depth, common sense and humanity. 
The more I think about the book, the more disturbing just the basic world building becomes. The outset is, that colonization needs to happen as some continents on Earth overpopulated. Like the Indian subcontinent, which had also been bombed with nuclear bombs by the US. The US is not overpopulated, has a lot of old people and the soldiers seem to be mainly US-American - so Americans to the rescue for a problem that they have at least jointly created. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, War, and Genocide

reggiethebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

novella42's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, War, Xenophobia, and Sexual content