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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The first volume of the political space opera novel series that has a critically acclaimed anime. The story starts with introducing the main 2 characters and building up the conflict between their 2 empires. I like Yang a lot so far and I'm curious to see where his story goes. It's an interesting world so far, it'll probably just take a while to get used to all the side characters and their names.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Shameless fan of the anime. I don’t mind the writing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The only time it was ever really jarring to me was some of Yang’s dialogue, but I can get how it could be difficult to translate his passive aggression. I love the needless insight into the characters’ minds. And the fact that ladies call Kircheis a redheaded beanpole. Incredible! And we can never forget for one moment how beautiful Reinhard is lmao. It’s only mentioned every time he is. I do agree with the takes that the anime is superior, but the book is still a lot of fun. My beloved beautiful boys space opera.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Legend of galactic heroes vol 1
I had this lying around for years so it was a good opportunity to finally get to it.
It’s a story of continuing war and battles between the two major players in a future sci-fi era: the Empire (ie Germany) vs the Alliance (democracy federation style).
While it’s clear to see the story is very well thought out, my enjoyment while reading decayed over time. I found I didn’t care much for the characters and the world building was a bit too heavy handed (like the empire being a mix of Prussia and WWII Germany, no nuance at all there). The characters are more there to fill a role or plot narrative and are less human feeling or flexible. Yang was my favorite character in the book but it’s pretty visible he’s the author’s pet and spokesperson. Even so, it was nice seeing a protagonist that isn’t war or battle obsessed. And how his dream was to become a historian but life didn’t go that way. Still, his history knowledge is what makes him good at military strategy.
One aspect I liked was the world building in the Alliance was the orphan adopting system where every single person take an orphan under their wing and unless the child joins the military, all expenses must be paid by the caretaker. That’s a level of detail and social world building I quite liked. Can’t comment on the military side as I don’t know about that subject.
Unfortunately the first volume didn’t grab my attention nor did the characters. It’s visible a lot will happen but I don’t feel invested enough to check the rest. Maybe one day I’ll go back to the original anime which I put on hold.
I had this lying around for years so it was a good opportunity to finally get to it.
It’s a story of continuing war and battles between the two major players in a future sci-fi era: the Empire (ie Germany) vs the Alliance (democracy federation style).
While it’s clear to see the story is very well thought out, my enjoyment while reading decayed over time. I found I didn’t care much for the characters and the world building was a bit too heavy handed (like the empire being a mix of Prussia and WWII Germany, no nuance at all there). The characters are more there to fill a role or plot narrative and are less human feeling or flexible. Yang was my favorite character in the book but it’s pretty visible he’s the author’s pet and spokesperson. Even so, it was nice seeing a protagonist that isn’t war or battle obsessed. And how his dream was to become a historian but life didn’t go that way. Still, his history knowledge is what makes him good at military strategy.
One aspect I liked was the world building in the Alliance was the orphan adopting system where every single person take an orphan under their wing and unless the child joins the military, all expenses must be paid by the caretaker. That’s a level of detail and social world building I quite liked. Can’t comment on the military side as I don’t know about that subject.
Unfortunately the first volume didn’t grab my attention nor did the characters. It’s visible a lot will happen but I don’t feel invested enough to check the rest. Maybe one day I’ll go back to the original anime which I put on hold.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A strong, enjoyable entry into Sci-Fi for me.
I'm at chapter 2 and I'm already confused by the huge cast of characters, that doesn't bode well. and reading this feels like reading a history book, not a space opera. I think this one might work better as anime/manga