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reviewed The End of All Things by John Scalzi (Old Man’s War #6)

John Scalzi: The End of All Things (2015, Tor Books) 4 stars

Humans expanded into space…only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on …

Almost a perfect send-off...

5 stars

Content warning Plot spoilers about some of the things I wished had been answered

John Scalzi: The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5) (2012) 4 stars

The Human Division is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the fifth …

I love this setup...

5 stars

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.

reviewed Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #4)

John Scalzi: Zoe's Tale (2008) 4 stars

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?

I ask because …

I liked it, but not the strongest in the series

3 stars

There's a lot to like here, but story-wise it does retread a lot of ground we've honestly seen before. I think in the notes he mentioned he wanted to sew up a few plotholes once he started writing it, but honestly, the last 25% of the book probably could have been a short by itself. Zoe is an interesting, fun character to follow, though. Mostly what makes this book weaker is that it's retreading the same water we just swam out of.

reviewed The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #3)

John Scalzi: The Last Colony (2007) 4 stars

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony …

Not as great as the two preceeding books, but still excellent

4 stars

Honestly right about here and book 4 was when the series started to stall a bit for me. It never stalled so bad I didn't want to keep reading, but right after this the books sort of reinvent themselves and go a different direction with people who had been side characters, or only appeared in shorts. Still, it's a great introduction to the conflict that gets solved in the conclusion of the series.