What happens when telepathic aliens invade the Earth and can predict your every move before you make it? You genetically engineer super soldiers resistant to telepathy to fight them. What happens when the war is over? Do you give vocational training to your super soldiers who literally know nothing but war? Neat thought experiment about the levels to which you may not want to go to win.
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The premise was certainly interesting and I quite enjoyed the long-term implications of the novel, but found the characterizations so minimal as to be nonexistent. I didn't particularly care if anyone lived or died, with the exception of one or two characters. Every time a character started becoming real to me, the action took over. So I didn't get any of their motivations beyond the most obvious.

So, obvs, an alien invasion would totally suck, and then creating a weapon to repel the alien invasion only to have that weapon turn on you would likewise suck. And some people would die and some people would live and the people who lived would be sad about the people who died, and Earth would be changed forever and stuff. That's basically the whole novel with about the same level of emotional attachment I felt. This is not to say it wasn't entertaining, because it was, but it was the book equivalent of a popcorn movie. ( )

No one element of this story is original—the earth is overrun by hostile aliens; humans invent a secret weapon to overthrow the aliens; will the secret weapon turn against the humans? But as a whole the story is incredibly original and exciting and thought-provoking. ( )

So great. Why did it have to end, ugh. ( )

A fair alien invasion story, complete with victory, defeat, and more. I wish there was more backstory for the starfish, but all in all a fun read. ( )