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Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman

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I might have liked this more if it weren't associated with The Forever War #1. I'm horribly confused why they're part of the same series, they don't seem to have anything to do with each other and kind of contradict each other.

blairconrad's review

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2.0

Disappointing. Poorly written, I thought, with a grab bag of concepts (robo soldiers, mind melds, sex, replicators, racism, PTSD, cults, kumbaya) thrown together without a unifying theme, or even coherent direction. Maybe it suffers by comparison to the other entries I've been reading (written by women, and a few years later), but the book feels like one of the earlier entries in my "joint Hugo/Nebula reread" list, to the point where I had to constantly recheck that this was written in 1997, and I wasn't just reading the 25th anniversary reprint.

(Also, what's with the 1st person/3rd person switches? Confusing, and I couldn't see the point of them.)

marirene's review

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4.0

Well written story of peace and war and relationships

reddirtrenegade's review

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1.0

The first third was great. The second third was boring. I didn't read the third third.

professorchickpea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

3.25

jurassicreader's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

neonrabbit's review

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hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

lakecake's review

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3.0

The concept is interesting, and the characters are pretty engaging, but there seemed to be a lot of early stuff in this book that was unrelated to the end game, and kept my wondering why it was in there.