What are you reading right now? (possible RotE spoilers)

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Just finished Starship Troopers. Can't say I really liked it all that much. The philosophical arguments on society, government, morality were interesting. I wish he introduced differing points of view on those topics, though. But even the narrator is too bland and obedient to make any significant rebuttal. The argument that martial law is the most efficient mode of governing may be valid, but Heinlein doesn't seem to elaborate much more beyond the explanation that there are big, bad, Bugs (commies, essentially) out there to destroy humanity.

Aside from that, the characters are pretty flat. The plot isn't all that intriguing and the narrator bores me.

Spoiler

While I appreciate Heinlein trying to present the story through the eyes of an ordinary soldier, I wish the narrator at least had some original thoughts of his own. He is much too obedient and simple. It's like he refuses to think about anything outside his present duties as a soldier, never wondering what is happening beyond his circumstances. On a side note, I also wish I knew he were Latino earlier. The late reveal kind of threw me off.

I'd still like to see the movie though.

I think I'll tackle Anna Karenina next.