The Last Colony as told from the eyes of John Perry's daughter. Reads pretty much like a YA novel. I enjoyed parts of this book very much, but it is my least favorite of the series.

A new perspective on Old Man’s War

Shallow but entertaining.

Sostanzialmente inutile, ma malgrado questo è piacevole ripercorrere gli eventi del terzo volume attraverso gli occhi di Zoe.

In parte si ripresentano da questo diverso punto di vista gli eventi precedentemente letti (la fine della sua vita su Huckleberry, il periodo alla Stazione conoscendo gli altri ragazzi coloni, il salto verso il nuovo pianeta, la vita lì, gli attacchi subiti), in parte ci vengono proposti ovviamente dei contenuti "in più", nello specifico il rapporto tra Zoe, Gretchen, Enzo e Magdi, oltre a esplorare un poco più approfonditamente il legame di Zoe con i suoi amici/ombre/bodyguards Orbin Hickory e Zickory.

Ma queste sarebbero piccole aggiunte di colore, quello che salva il libro è il tentativo di Scalzi di aggiustare alcuni punti un po' troppo deboli del libro precedente.
Nello specifico, il ruolo "usa e getta" dei licantropi e quanto avvenuto durante la missione di Zoe.

Queste due "toppe", sortiscono senza dubbio l'effetto desiderato, per fortuna, e salvano il libro

This was a tough sell any way you look at it. I mean retelling the last books story, and from the POV of a teenage girl? It's bound not to impress some, and disappoint others. The retelling of the Last Colony's story was what really got to me at the beginning. I mean going through the same motions, from a different perspective, seemed like a waste of time, and like my views on the Ghost Brigade, I wanted to get though this one quickly so I could continue the main plot in the series.
But somewhere along the way, I started to feel like the story complemented instead of retold. Thankfully the latter half of the book was different enough in it's stories that you forgot about the main plot, and focused on the here an now (within the book of course).
Yes, the main story was spoiled by the previous book. I internally debated whether it would have been better to write a single book with two perspectives instead of splitting it into two books. But that book would have fallen under the same paradigm, and I can see people commenting how much more interesting John's story was compared to Zoe's. I'm pretty sure, that at one point or another these two books were though of as one, and then Scalzi, decided to split them up. There are several plot holes in book 3 which get resolved in 4, that I can't see him leaving like that, unless he already knew book 4 was going to happen when he was writing book 3.
All in all, I'd say Zoe's Tale isn't the best book in the series, but a good read none-the-less.

While John Scalzi is a clever writer, I wasn't sure I was on board with this idea at first. Zoë was a little too clever sometimes, and the sarcasm was giving me flashbacks to when I taught high school. Once she went off on her own was when I really started to like her, as I found her to become a much better-rounded human instead of just a snarky teen, which, while amusing, can be quite boring after a bit. By the end, I was pleased as punch with how she turned out, and I think he did justice to both the character and the plot, considering this book takes place concurrently with the previous book in this series. The new bits were fun, and ultimately the climax of this book is actually different than the climax of the first book, which I quite liked. It would have been boring if they'd just copied too much from the first go round. For me, reading John Scalzi is like drinking a mug of hot chocolate sitting next to a fire. It's cozy and makes me grateful for the people I love. Especially if the people I love lived in space.