Really liked the novels so quite happy to see this adaptation is decent.
Not too fussed on the drama over "hunger", sure in the novels it'd be "hunger for VICTORY!" cause they don't eat, or "hunger" for more/higher end units, but this is a real world not the game so them needing to eat would make more sense really, and that bugged me in the novel. As someone else said, need upkeep in your RTS
I don't remember the dolls from the novel, though yeah it has been a while.