This was a great book, a 21st century style rendition of Heinlein’s book, Starship Troopers with less politics and a healthy dose of humor. Scalzi does a great job with the character development, fun and space opera – his style is very entertaining.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and immediately recommended it to my girlfriend. The characters do a good job of slogging and conveying the drain of war… but the characters matter. You care about them and hate to see them go.