Starship Troopers Summary

The book that I read was titled Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The book has 308 pages and was published by Van Rees Press • New York. © 1959 by Robert A. Heinlein. One plus was that the book had a joyful ending which left me smiling. Once minus was that many of the scenes were dragged out, dull, and how to get through, while also being partially confusing. This is so because I am not well versed in military terminology and battlefield occurrences, resulting in me not relating to the book. One interesting factor from the book was that humans were fighting earth-like arachnids for livable planets and that the arachnids could build weapons and ships to rival humans. The book begins with Juan Rico describing ‘the shakes’ he gets before
The incentive being his wife’s death and deep down he knew he should have joined earlier in life. Juan discovers Carl died while on Pluto and unexpectedly isn’t shaken since death is common while serving. On a crucial mission to capture bug royalty, Juan is commanding his own men while on Planet P. While waiting for the Bugs to surface, the ground beneath suddenly collapses, expelling thousands of bugs surely dooming Juan. Acting fast, Juan hastily flees noticing the force was comprised of only workers acting as a feint. With his troops, Juan enters tunnels dug by the Bugs. Within the complex tunnels, troops dwindle, one soldier manages to locate a ‘brain bug’ which acts as the sole brain for the expendable forces. Attacking from behind, Juan and his troops free their comrade, suddenly the roof falls atop of a now unconscious Juan. Upon waking, Juan discovers six brains and no royalty were captured. The book then concludes with a time skip, Juan as a Lieutenant and his own troops preparing for a drop. His uniform, rightfully titled Rico’s Roughnecks, a tribute his original ship’s Lieutenant, Razak, and what he called his uniform; Razak's