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A review by jersy
Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
First of all, some of Heinlein's views and ideas are pretty progressive and liberal, others terribly outdated and unlikable for a modern audience, and some just weird. It's not for everyone, but if you're along for the ride you'll see that he puts so much more effort into his characters than his contemporaries (I deeply cared for them), tells entertaining stories that are more than what you expect from the simple premise (or at least just kind of different), describes an interesting future and questions the understanding of right and wrong.
This book isn't really what I expected from it, it's actually mostly 4 stories with some extras: The framework is Lazarus basically sitting around, discussing concepts and forming a relationship with some people, then there is a story of two slaves he frees that become like children to him, next one were he raises an orphan until she proposes to him and they start a colony on a far off planet (that story was much sweeter than it had any right to be) and lastly Lazarus revisits his childhood family. Some of Heinlein's "quirks" may seem inexcusable, but he sold all of the relationships so well to me. The whole story just fellt convincing and impressive, especially since it was a quiet, relationship-focused story where I could feel how everyone deeply cared for each other and enjoyed their time around. Sure, it reads like Heinlein's power fantasy, but it embraces it and I had a way too good time to have contructive critiscm drag my rating down. If you can sell that shit to me and make me almost buy your justifications, you deserve 5 stars. Also, great settings.
This book isn't really what I expected from it, it's actually mostly 4 stories with some extras: The framework is Lazarus basically sitting around, discussing concepts and forming a relationship with some people, then there is a story of two slaves he frees that become like children to him, next one were he raises an orphan until she proposes to him and they start a colony on a far off planet (that story was much sweeter than it had any right to be) and lastly Lazarus revisits his childhood family. Some of Heinlein's "quirks" may seem inexcusable, but he sold all of the relationships so well to me. The whole story just fellt convincing and impressive, especially since it was a quiet, relationship-focused story where I could feel how everyone deeply cared for each other and enjoyed their time around. Sure, it reads like Heinlein's power fantasy, but it embraces it and I had a way too good time to have contructive critiscm drag my rating down. If you can sell that shit to me and make me almost buy your justifications, you deserve 5 stars. Also, great settings.