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nakedsteve's review against another edition
5.0
Unlike most of Weber's books, this one *didn't* climax in a huge battle. And despite the fact that I *love* Weber's battles, this was still an wonderful book. It's book three of his Safehold series (don't read this without reading the prior two), and Weber is really hitting his stride with the characters, the world, and the situation that he's stuck them all in.
As a one-sentence summary, By Heresies Distressed is essentially the post-wedding consolidation of the new Empire of Charis, and the conquest of Corisande.
There are certainly *some* battle scenes, and *some* technological superiority going on, but this is primarily a book that tells a story of political drama. If you had told me that politics what what the book was about before I'd started, I would have had serious reservations about starting it. But the truth is that it was hard to put down. Weber did a fantastic job of connecting all the dots and making a real *story* about what was going on.
I was very impressed, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next in the series.
5 of 5 stars.
As a one-sentence summary, By Heresies Distressed is essentially the post-wedding consolidation of the new Empire of Charis, and the conquest of Corisande.
There are certainly *some* battle scenes, and *some* technological superiority going on, but this is primarily a book that tells a story of political drama. If you had told me that politics what what the book was about before I'd started, I would have had serious reservations about starting it. But the truth is that it was hard to put down. Weber did a fantastic job of connecting all the dots and making a real *story* about what was going on.
I was very impressed, and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next in the series.
5 of 5 stars.
conalo's review against another edition
4.0
Political intrigue, war on a global basis, what more could you want? This was a really fun read and I can recommend this to anyone who enjoys sci-fi, fantasy or historical fiction. The first book is great and the rest in the series follow along. I am ready though to see how he will wrap up all the story lines.
tawallah's review against another edition
3.0
I started at this point in the series which meant all the characters were new to me. Luckily the story was easy to follow and I didn't feel left out by starting here. It was slow to progress in the beginning but soon I was caught up in the story. There were enough plots and twists to hold my interest. Most of the time. And for a female I even enjoyed the battle scenes.
This is the usual story, on the surface at least, of a future society which has experienced a Dark age but now is on the cusp of enlightenment if only the powers that be would relinquish their stranglehold. But as we all know that would never happen willing. And so the series deals with getting freedom to truly grow. I won't spoil any more for you. The psychology of the characters is well developed and quite enjoyable. Mr Weber definitely knows his craft. Definitely a good introduction to this well loved author. I would definitely read his writings again.
I didn't give a 4 stars mainly because I'm not sure I would read again. It took me quite a while to read but that may be my lifestyle. But I did enjoy it more than I expected and I like it was more than sci-fi. There was history, action, adventure and suspense rolled into one.
This is the usual story, on the surface at least, of a future society which has experienced a Dark age but now is on the cusp of enlightenment if only the powers that be would relinquish their stranglehold. But as we all know that would never happen willing. And so the series deals with getting freedom to truly grow. I won't spoil any more for you. The psychology of the characters is well developed and quite enjoyable. Mr Weber definitely knows his craft. Definitely a good introduction to this well loved author. I would definitely read his writings again.
I didn't give a 4 stars mainly because I'm not sure I would read again. It took me quite a while to read but that may be my lifestyle. But I did enjoy it more than I expected and I like it was more than sci-fi. There was history, action, adventure and suspense rolled into one.
juliusmoose's review against another edition
3.0
There was too much speeching and not enough fighting or even long discussions of guns in this book.
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