mass market paperback, 512 pages
English language
Published Feb. 25, 2014 by Tor Science Fiction, Tor Books.
The Human Division is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the fifth book set in the Old Man's War universe.
This book really breathes a lot of life into the setting and continues building on the events of books 3/4 in a way that makes sense, even without the previous POV characters. I liked the change to multiple POVs we get in this one, and the political drama is extremely fun.
2021 reread, after buying the signed limited edition. Holds up, but it's funny to read about future device design written in a world before the iPhone.
A pleasant enough romp, but, for me, shies away from digging deep enough to satisfy.
I enjoyed the world set up / premise. I got spoilers from the next books a bit, so I also kind of enjoyed foreshadowing for that.
I guess I enjoyed the characters and the body-group thing they had.
I've also just finished the second book in the series when writing this, so they blur together a bit. I've honestly forgotten what the final conflict / resolution was, kind of. I guess it's telling of how much more interesting the world seems than the particulars of the events.
