This book was something that I missed out on when in high school. Now that I have summers off I thought I would go back and read a classic. And so it goes. Well, I will tell you that I was disappointed. I mean how could it be that I just did not see why others have so cherished about this book. I guess it was that its anti-war theme was so pedestrian that it was rather boring. Truly, boring. Maybe he was the first to do this without the over the top deep thinking, but at this point it was plain boring. It is easy to read and understand, but the aliens and flashbacks, ruined it for me. And so it goes. I just did not enjoy this book and felt as though I was cheated. The aliens were just too much. Oh well, this is the price I pay for being a scientist.