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A review by charlibirb
The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
4.0
I never thought I'd actually say I liked a Heinlein book! A long while ago I started reading Stranger in a Strange Land, and really couldn't get into it because he wrote women as stupid idiots, and...well...meh. I also couldn't get into the story.
This book, however, was amusing. I loved the way time-travel was dealt with, and I was tickled by the main character's love of his cate Pete. Pete was probably the most defined character in the book, besides Belle. I didn't really like how the main character, Daniel, dropped all feeling of ill will towards the people who wronged him. Because of the way the time travel worked, the story could really have benefitted from subtle and satisfactory screwing with the baddies, but days after being wronged, Daniel just shrugs it off. Oh well. Revenge opportunity of story wasted.
END OF BOOK SPOILER: I found it super creepy that he came back to meet his little preteen (unrelated by blood) niece at girl scout camp just to propose to her for when she got older and met him in the future. Couldn't he have proposed to her after he'e met her as an adult? Eew and objectification.
This book, however, was amusing. I loved the way time-travel was dealt with, and I was tickled by the main character's love of his cate Pete. Pete was probably the most defined character in the book, besides Belle. I didn't really like how the main character, Daniel, dropped all feeling of ill will towards the people who wronged him. Because of the way the time travel worked, the story could really have benefitted from subtle and satisfactory screwing with the baddies, but days after being wronged, Daniel just shrugs it off. Oh well. Revenge opportunity of story wasted.
END OF BOOK SPOILER: I found it super creepy that he came back to meet his little preteen (unrelated by blood) niece at girl scout camp just to propose to her for when she got older and met him in the future. Couldn't he have proposed to her after he'e met her as an adult? Eew and objectification.