Secondly, the first half of the book is abysmal, involving the characters on a journey to meet the "Others." They spend the entire trip screwing one another, while secretly lamenting that each other's spouses are also screwing other people. Really, REALLY frustrating because I often felt lost. After half the book is done I started to get a feel for who was narrating, but it wasn't always obvious. Half the time I had no idea which character was actually doing the 1st person narration, because Haldeman doesn't provide an ample clue via dialogue or narration. First, every chapter is written from the first person POV of one of the characters, and it switches every (short) chapter. Joe Haldeman is one of my favorite authors, but this book is a literal (and literary) train wreck.
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