Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War, #4) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Aug 17, 2010 Mike rated it liked it

Shelves: scifi

Scalzi tries to pull off an "Orson Scott Card" parallel sequel. Zoe's Tale is to "The Last Colony" as Ender's Shadow is to ________. Come on, you can answer the SAT/ACT question can't you? This one does not come off quite as good as Card's sequels do but it is decent. Zoe's Tale is definitely YA, lot's of teenage hormones, banter and hijinx. I enjoyed it and the last quarter of the book gets serious in a good way. You must read The Last Colony before you get this one. But Zoe's Tale will bring s ...more

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May 13, 2009 Dave Johnson rated it liked it

one of those books that's just bad enough to not want to read, yet just good enough to not quit.

well, i liked Scalzi's other books. and, while i cant say that they were amazing, i definitely thought that they were entertaining--even though i had some issues with the content. i tell my friends that its "sci-fi lite".

but this wasnt very great. but, as i said, its just good enough to make you want to not quit--which is extremely annoying. i guess that's the best word to describe this book: annoyin ...more

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Oct 24, 2009 Richard rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Zoe's Tale is the fourth book of the John Scalzi's Old Man's War trilogy. How can that be? According to the author, he wrote Zoe's Tale because he (as well as reader feedback) was not satisfied with The Last Colony. Zoe's Tale is The Last Colony but from Zoe Bouitn-Perry's, adopted daughter of Jane Sagan and John Perry, point of view. That kinda threw me off guard as I was not expecting that when I started to read the novel. Not bad thing as I still liked the novel...but still a slight curve bal ...more

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Jul 13, 2015 Drew Kerlee rated it really liked it

Fits well into the Old Man War series. Fun read like all the others.

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Apr 24, 2011 Bryan457 rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, juv-ya

The secret story behind the events told in The Last Colony. This story is told from the viewpoint of Zoe, the 15 yr old adopted daughter of John Perry and Jane Sagan.

I actually liked this one better than The Last Colony. The teenagers interacting with each other was quite amusing.

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Jul 21, 2009 Marva rated it it was ok

Deja vue all over again. I really didn't want to re-read the last colony from the POV of a smart aleck teen with pet aliens. Blech. I might have liked some other part of Zoe's life, but not the part I already read and knew what happened.
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