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Jul 17, 2023Kimberleygray rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
5th book in the series and my least favorite. It almost borders on a stand alone book. You need some of the background from the earlier books but I don't feel like you would be completely lost if you read this one out of order. Just…
Sep 14, 2021Tony_Jeffers rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Number five in a great six part series. This one lacks a little continuity because most of the chapters were previously published as short stories and Scalzi here has cobbled them together in the form of a novel instead of an anthology.…
Apr 08, 2021
4th in line
Mar 03, 2020illuzhin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Worked surprisingly well as a novel, considering it was a collection of shorter writings.
Mar 11, 2019
Back to form. Stories are unpredictable, humorous, and ingenious, and all within the Old Man's War framework (this is the fifth book). Easy reading, and relatively seamless, although the chapters were published as independent stories…
Feb 10, 20197626dee rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Occasionally hard to follow the flow of the individual novellas as they link together more background on the ending of the Old Mens narrative. Enjoyable but probably not necessary.
Oct 10, 2018chazbufe rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
This "novel" is composed of separate e-chapters, and it shows by being somewhat disjointed. It also builds tension throughout over a horrible question and then leaves the reader hanging. (I blame the publisher for this.) Very much not…
Mar 07, 2017mammothhawk229e rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
B-team thrust into A-team role thanks to latter assassination by unknown parties. In other worlds, redshirts take over Captain Kirk's job. Not surprising if author wrote Redshirts. Chuckled at hot mess grey diplomatic missions to cover…
Jan 31, 2016KateHillier rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Without getting too much into spoilers for the previous books I will say this: the Colonial Defence Forces is now in a position where it has to rely a lot more on diplomacy than it used to in the two years since the last book. It's new…
Jun 30, 2015FitzChivalry_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Loved it! The audio version was a lot of fun.
ohiobogy
Dec 07, 2014ohiobogy rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Another in the "Old Man's War" series, this book stars Harry Wilson, one of John Perry's companions in the first book. It's a great tale of diplomatic and spycraft intrigue, and introduces some great new alien characters as well. As…
Sep 04, 2014
Really cool book, adding to the Old Man's War universe. I was a little confused at the beginning, having forgotten most of the events that occurred in the last book, but once I was reminded of the situation, "The Human Division" began to…
billmacrotarian
Aug 07, 2014billmacrotarian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
In The Human Division John Scalzi returns to the Old Man’s War universe with a collection of short stories that combine to make a novel. Unseen agents, perhaps from within either the Colonial Union or the rival Conclave, are fomenting…
Oct 21, 2013stephaniedchase rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Scalzi has written another fantastic space opera, this time, having first released the story in 13 episodes. While some readers may feel this brings a choppiness to the flow, the great cliffhangers at the end of each episode serve to…
May 14, 2013
Scalzi released this book as a weekly chapter Kindle. I bought ($0.99 each) two chapters and cannot wait to read the whole book. No one today is writing science fiction about the human condition like Scalzi.