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redeyesinfernp's review
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
bookanalia's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
applegnreads's review
4.0
This was recommended to me. Pretty good. A bit bloody as you might expect from a book about the military in space, but I rather enjoyed it!
wilfred3157's review
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Space opera, heroic
subparcupcake's review against another edition
3.0
The way I felt while reading a majority of this book?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Info dumps. Techno babble. Lots of it. Some people like that stuff.. Not so much for me.
But it had redeeming qualities! I liked the characters, and it was well written. The story was intriguing, when we weren't learning about gravitational wedges or something like that.. I don't know. I kind of zoned out during those parts.
I liked it enough to give it three stars, but I don't know if I'll read the next. I'm waiting for a friend to read it first and let me know what he thinks.. Then I'll make the decision.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Info dumps. Techno babble. Lots of it. Some people like that stuff.. Not so much for me.
But it had redeeming qualities! I liked the characters, and it was well written. The story was intriguing, when we weren't learning about gravitational wedges or something like that.. I don't know. I kind of zoned out during those parts.
I liked it enough to give it three stars, but I don't know if I'll read the next. I'm waiting for a friend to read it first and let me know what he thinks.. Then I'll make the decision.
bocephus85's review
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
bubbledncr's review
3.0
Parts of this book are entertaining, but other parts are difficult to get through. I read this as part if my book club and didn't pay much attention to the author's name, and a few chapters in I checked to see if this was written by a man, because it felt like it was.
As a character, Honor Harrington is the perfect example of what men think a strong female character is, that makes them a feminist for liking. She's attractive without being conventionally beautiful, a badass, and excels at pretty much everything she does. Which is ultimately the problem. She has no faults, no internal conflict, no character growth at all. She's the same perfect badass at the end of the book as she was at the beginning, and her only problems are the result of things the stupid people around her did. She's just powering through the messes other people made. There's at least one chapter that is just two men discussing how awesome she is.
And the author constantly feels the need to remind us she's a soprano.
The other characters in the book are more interesting, but there's so many that it's hard to keep track of them. And there are interesting and exciting parts of the story, but they're broken up by pages and pages of complicated and unnecessary exposition. At one point, there is a chase sequence that is interrupted by several pages on the history of hyperspace travel. There are other chapters where characters just discuss every possible strategy available before deciding on what to do. If I hadn't skipped over sections like these, I would not have finished the book.
I wish Honor was a better developed character, because she is entertaining, just too perfect and shallow.
As a character, Honor Harrington is the perfect example of what men think a strong female character is, that makes them a feminist for liking. She's attractive without being conventionally beautiful, a badass, and excels at pretty much everything she does. Which is ultimately the problem. She has no faults, no internal conflict, no character growth at all. She's the same perfect badass at the end of the book as she was at the beginning, and her only problems are the result of things the stupid people around her did. She's just powering through the messes other people made. There's at least one chapter that is just two men discussing how awesome she is.
And the author constantly feels the need to remind us she's a soprano.
The other characters in the book are more interesting, but there's so many that it's hard to keep track of them. And there are interesting and exciting parts of the story, but they're broken up by pages and pages of complicated and unnecessary exposition. At one point, there is a chase sequence that is interrupted by several pages on the history of hyperspace travel. There are other chapters where characters just discuss every possible strategy available before deciding on what to do. If I hadn't skipped over sections like these, I would not have finished the book.
I wish Honor was a better developed character, because she is entertaining, just too perfect and shallow.
eg_m's review
3.0
Fun space going update of Horatio Hornblower novels (which I love). Bogged down by excessive explanation of sci-fi propulsion and weapons systems. Which I skimmed over and missed nothing although it's probably 30% of the text. The e-book version I had tended to skip from one scene to another with out notice (extra space, ***, etc.) but that may be translation from print mode. All in all fun, but if you don't like and can't skim the heavy explanations, skip this one.
fogisbeautiful's review
3.0
Kind of a slow start, but a wonderful fast-paced ending. Very political and detailed (not necessarily in a good way), but the characters and relationships kept me reading. I've been told the second one is better, so we'll see!