matt_bitonti 's review for:

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

4.0

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The action scenes are excellent and the way Heinlein describes warfare sets the ground rules for future battlefield space operas. But the characters are flat and the ethics scenes can be dry and preachy. Even more troubling, intelligence is disdained, women are objectified (despite being the only math geniuses in society smart enough to be pilots) and there are a few throwaway racial lines that have not aged well. There were moments of genius and also moments of cringe.