Remember how I said in Old Man's War that the ending was rushed and I wanted to see the events play out? That statement came out of ignorance as I didn't know this was a multi-book series. The Ghost Brigades takes all of the technology and backstory of Old Man's War and just runs off with it. John Perry was a very interesting protagonist but Jane and Jared blow him out of the water. I didn't expect myself to care so much about Jared and the question of what makes someone an individual when he was first introduced, but as each different event befalls him and changes him, I found myself inextricably wrapped up in his conflicts.