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A review by asimgasimzade
Methuselah's Children by Robert A. Heinlein
3.0
I heard that Heinlein is a "hit-or-miss" author, this must be one of the misses. Probably it isn't the best book to get introduced to the author. There were some ideas that gripped my attention, especially at the first half where we followed the few characters from Howard families.
The second half of the book that contains a haphazard random space adventure, is a complete change of pace from the first part with years of time being passed between every chapter.
I felt that the world was poorly built and characters lacked motivation and development (I didn't even remember the names of the characters as I read, except the main one).
Another frustrating thing is the lengthy descriptions of made up science using pseudo-scientific mumbo -jumbo. Heinlein does it very often throughout the book.
And don't even get me started on the ideology being promoted here.
Overall, it is a book with a few good ideas, cardboard characters, and a plot that doesn't make a lot of sense, that aged very badly.
The second half of the book that contains a haphazard random space adventure, is a complete change of pace from the first part with years of time being passed between every chapter.
I felt that the world was poorly built and characters lacked motivation and development (I didn't even remember the names of the characters as I read, except the main one).
Another frustrating thing is the lengthy descriptions of made up science using pseudo-scientific mumbo -jumbo. Heinlein does it very often throughout the book.
And don't even get me started on the ideology being promoted here.
Overall, it is a book with a few good ideas, cardboard characters, and a plot that doesn't make a lot of sense, that aged very badly.