A review by erin0999
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

3.0

I thought this book was really interesting, it had some really cool concepts, so I’m not mad I read it. BUT the writing really wasn’t that good, it’s very “show not tell”. Plus it’s kind of awkward how society changes to be mostly homosexual and the main character is like “I’m tolerant” when he’s really not, he’s just fine with lesbians and not gay men (SOOOOO PAST THAT IDEA). BUT, it was published in 1974 and i like the anti-war/ anti- Vietnam war narrative. The technology and plot in it is pretty cool (but tbh it got pretty boring near the end) and it definitely puts the science in science fiction.