4th Blog for "Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein

Hello, once again. Guess what? I finished Robert A. Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" and it was a pretty decent read. The book is fun to read while offering some challenging concepts that really make you think what it's like to be a soldier. But, I'm sure you want to know how it ended.

We last left off with Johnny making a combat drop as a third Lieutenant, in command of a platoon. Johnny finds himself trying to coordinate his men as best he can while his commander relays orders to him and while he receives advice from his platoon sergeant. Johnny is responsible for monitoring any Bug sound or movement beneath the ground. His platoon is tasked with monitoring the movement and to scout any Bug holes where any Bug warriors may be pouring out from. Things seem quiet after many hours of monitoring before things start to heat up. Johnny's platoon starts detecting the digging sound that the Bugs make. The sound was steady until the ground beneath them broke away. Many holes opened up where many of Johnny's men fell inside, including him. Johnny makes it out of the hole alive to notice that only worker Bugs were pouring out, providing nothing of a fight. Johnny is told that much of his platoon was lost inside the holes including his platoon sergeant. He, along with some of his men, go down in the hole to find any and all of his missing troopers. He is able to rescue some of his troops before the roof inside the tunnel caved in.

Johnny finds himself waking up in an infirmary. He learns that his mission was a success and that his platoon was one of the few platoon to have a successful mission so far in the Bug war. He also learns that his platoon sergeant, or his old boot sergeant Zim, was able to capture a brain bug. After a month of recovering, Johnny graduates as an officer.

In the end, Johnny has grown as an officer and is now mentoring a third Lieutenant himself aboard his old ship, the Rodger Young. He took command of his old outfit, the Roughnecks. He, along with his father, make combat drop together back in Klendathu to rescue captured prisoners. The End.

The book was an enjoyable read. It has its boring moments and lackluster battle scenes but it does well to give an inside look into what it might be like to participate in the military. Throughout the book, Johnny is always gives his two cents on how it's like to be a cadet, a trooper in battle, and a platoon leader. Overall, I would give it a 7.5 out of 10. But that just my opinion