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Title: Interesting ideas, but poor narrative
Review: The ideas in FOREVER PEACE were interesting, and thought provoking. I was surprised to find myself questioning whether removing the violent impulses from people, changing human nature was really the right thing to do. Pondering this kept me involved with the book until the end.On the other hand, I thought the narrative stunk. One of the cardinal rules of writing, I always thought, was never to change point of view in the middle of the story. And yet Haldeman does this frequently. Most of the story is narrated in the first person. But whenever the plot tension started to build, and I started to get curious, it would switch into 3rd person, and this omniscient narrator would explain just what was going on, killing any sense of tension that existed. He would tell what the bad guys happened to be doing at that moment rather than waiting for the main character to find out. I thought this was a cop-out and spoiled the pacing of the book completely.
