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billymac1962's review against another edition
5.0
The War Against the Chtorr rages on! So far, so great. What a ride!
nicklindgren's review against another edition
5.0
This is a book about belief, truth, freedom, and responsibility. It is a didactic novel in the best sense of the term, alternating between McCarthy's time at the Mode Training (a sort of personal effectiveness seminar) and his indoctrination by a cult of Chtorran renegades (people who have forsaken the human race to ally themselves with the Chtorr). There are lessons in this book that are just as important now as they are in the imagined world of the Chtorr War.
Also, it happens to be a pretty damn good story about fighting and understanding aliens that are terraforming the planet Earth as they devour the human race. A two-fer!
But I would be remiss in pointing out that this book contains triggering content. There are several scenes in this book (especially related to McCarthy's time with the cult) which are deeply disturbing and/or troubling. It is not shock for shock's sake, but that won't matter to most people.
Also, it happens to be a pretty damn good story about fighting and understanding aliens that are terraforming the planet Earth as they devour the human race. A two-fer!
But I would be remiss in pointing out that this book contains triggering content. There are several scenes in this book (especially related to McCarthy's time with the cult) which are deeply disturbing and/or troubling. It is not shock for shock's sake, but that won't matter to most people.
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