94 reviews for:

The Happy Return

C.S. Forester

4.03 AVERAGE

bareruinedchoirs's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

wispywasp's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

starwarrior91's review against another edition

5.0

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Going though this series in chronological order The Happy Return is my favorite so far. Excellent sea battles and an interesting romantic turn for Captain Hornblower, his loveless marriage notwithstanding. I wasn’t surprised to learn that this was the first story published as the interactions with his “new” officer Mr Bush ignores the relationship built between the two when they met as lieutenants nearly a decade before. A couple continuity errors are barely nitpicks when it comes to this story however, very well done and well performed.

gossamerwingedgazelle's review against another edition

4.0

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This book was a quite enjoyable quick read. Interesting characterization.

willdowney's review against another edition

4.75

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: Yes

cc_modeler's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

raruther's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

rainy_window's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative fast-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: Complicated

bkoser's review against another edition

4.0

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Horatio Hornblower is one of my favorite fictional characters.

Hornblower is always thinking about how others think about him. He patterns his behavior on the crew's expectations of a captain. A paradoxical example: fear of his crew makes him act bravely. (Not necessarily a vain fear; mutiny is always a possibility for a weak or hated captain.) How much does the motive matter? Not at all to the crew, of course, but to Hornblower's soul? Aristotle said you become brave by doing brave acts, so maybe you can't answer that question until the end.

john_raine's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoyed this a lot. I read one of the Aubrey/Maturin novels several years back and I think that I enjoyed Hornblower more. Very readable and I love the history. Will likely keep reading the following books