Robert Heinlein has some opinions, very 1950's opinions, and he's going to share quite a few of them in Starship Troopers. I was kind of "meh" when I first read it maybe 15 years ago and have pretty much the same opinion now. The first half is pretty decent while it details the main character's training but after a while I don't really need to read a whole speech about why kids should be spanked or know the minutiae of military rankings in a fictional universe. And there's not much plot either. I think the film version took the right angle by presenting the material in an ironic light. B-
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