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Originally Posted by Altoanto
Don’t know if I’m the only one who found the Asshole naming thing quite annoying? It’s not particularly funny when it starts (and kind of weird coming from a 75 yo) but then it just pops up in serious parts of the story and just sounds ridiculous while killing the mood.
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LOL, I loved it, because it's pretty much how I would react as a synical old man.
And I think that point that it comes up in serious situations IS the point, it's kind of a decision in the beginning made off of raw emotion that they now have to live with. It wasn't mean to be funny during the battle, it's just supposed to be.
I think the book wasn't long enough to fully explore Jane, and I think they got it right, she's "only 6" and is confused by something happening and is reacting the only way she knows how, and I'm sure it will be more explained in subsequent books, although in the sequel John doesn't even show up (I don't believe).
I do agree that the alien races should have been explained in more detail, they just kind of ran through them in like two pages in the first quarter of the book.
I also got the implication that the races aren't interested in "talking" or that it was tried before and the GDC got slaughtered.
And thanks for pointing out the Enders Game parallel, got the same feeling, Enders Game is one of my all-time favs, it's just too bad the copy I have, while autographed, is paperback, and beat up.