A review by ilman002
Old Man's War by John Scalzi

1.0

In short - this book is a missed opportunity. The premise is so promising: a 75 year old transfers his consciousness into a genetically enhanced, 25 year-old body and joins the army. His deceased wife plays an important role in the book too. Ideas on ethics, philosophy and cool scientific concepts could have been explored in great detail here. Instead, we have a military shooter with terrible dialogue, second-hand scientific ideas, paper-thin characters and a shitty plot. Avoid this garbage. Read The Three-Body Problem instead.