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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
Necesito más novelas con Aral y Cordelia de protas, por favor te lo pido Lois!
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
GOOD LORD. Qué libro, QUÉ LIBRO. Leyendo "Fragmentos de honor" no acababa de entender el hype que crea esta saga, pero entonces he llegado a "Barrayar" Y SE ME HAN ABIERTO LOS CIELOS, YISUS. Vaya historia, vaya ambientación, vaya juego político, vaya personajes (god bless Cordelia) y vaya epílogo presentando a Miles. Como el resto de la saga, sobre Miles exlusivamente, sea la mitad de buena que ese epílogo voy a implosionar.
What’s a pirate’s favorite planet?
Some of you smartypants might say ‘Jupitarrr‘ but you would be wrong. It’s the space planet modeled on medieval Europe, full of intrigue and murderous Counts. Can you say Barrayar?
The second book (chronologically) in the Vorkosigan saga, Barrayar follows up from Shards of Honor, telling the story of Cordelia’s journey to Aral’s dangerous planet, his appointment as Regent to the Emporer, the attempted coup, and the damage that happens, early on, to their baby, Miles. It’s an entertaining book, with plenty of courtly intrigue and some good action sequences. A few thoughts:
* The politicking isn’t as detailed as that of books like A Game of Thrones, but it’s pretty darn good. Strangely, it takes up relatively little of the story line.
* This almost doesn’t even need to be a science-fiction book. It would work just as well as high fantasy or even just a medieval romance. But then you couldn’t have neural disruptors and gooey vats holding fetuses.
* Bujold does a great job putting intense action scenes at regular intervals throughout the book. The attempted assassination of Aral is particularly enjoyable.
* The book also does a good job portraying culture shock, something Cordelia wrestles with in the first half of the book as she learns the backward (and antiquated) ways of the Barrayarians.
* I pondered, for a while, whether or not to call this a space opera, as it doesn’t meet the usual requirements (lots of big space battles, space flights, etc). If one considers its role in the larger Vorkosigan saga, though, it certainly fits the bill.
It was a quick but fruitful discussion this month in my science-fiction book club. An enjoyable follow up, and worth a quick read on the beach or something. BTW: if you go to read this, you may find it packaged with Shards of Honor under the title Cordelia’s Honor.
Some of you smartypants might say ‘Jupitarrr‘ but you would be wrong. It’s the space planet modeled on medieval Europe, full of intrigue and murderous Counts. Can you say Barrayar?
The second book (chronologically) in the Vorkosigan saga, Barrayar follows up from Shards of Honor, telling the story of Cordelia’s journey to Aral’s dangerous planet, his appointment as Regent to the Emporer, the attempted coup, and the damage that happens, early on, to their baby, Miles. It’s an entertaining book, with plenty of courtly intrigue and some good action sequences. A few thoughts:
* The politicking isn’t as detailed as that of books like A Game of Thrones, but it’s pretty darn good. Strangely, it takes up relatively little of the story line.
* This almost doesn’t even need to be a science-fiction book. It would work just as well as high fantasy or even just a medieval romance. But then you couldn’t have neural disruptors and gooey vats holding fetuses.
* Bujold does a great job putting intense action scenes at regular intervals throughout the book. The attempted assassination of Aral is particularly enjoyable.
* The book also does a good job portraying culture shock, something Cordelia wrestles with in the first half of the book as she learns the backward (and antiquated) ways of the Barrayarians.
* I pondered, for a while, whether or not to call this a space opera, as it doesn’t meet the usual requirements (lots of big space battles, space flights, etc). If one considers its role in the larger Vorkosigan saga, though, it certainly fits the bill.
It was a quick but fruitful discussion this month in my science-fiction book club. An enjoyable follow up, and worth a quick read on the beach or something. BTW: if you go to read this, you may find it packaged with Shards of Honor under the title Cordelia’s Honor.
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
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:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Good but entirely too much pregnancy talk for my tastes. And just when I thought I had escaped actually having to read a description of live birth...it happened. /screams
Despite all this, it was interesting enough and good enough and compelling enough that I struggled through the parts that squick me to read the rest of it, which was great.
Despite all this, it was interesting enough and good enough and compelling enough that I struggled through the parts that squick me to read the rest of it, which was great.