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angryf's review
5.0
one of my favorite book series. David Weber's tech knowledge and Ringo's gun nuttery come togther to make a great story I've listened to over a dozen times.
neeuqdrazil's review against another edition
4.0
first read: aug20, 2011
Second read : Dec 2013
This is one of my comfort reads.
Second read : Dec 2013
This is one of my comfort reads.
jasonofthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 Stars. Really fun story. I'm looking forward to the whole series!
pulpmonkey66's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Weber & Ringo make a pretty good pairing as authors. The book is an interesting mix of space marine type of combat and royal politics with the main character being a whiny, egotistical brat - at least in the beginning. I'm going to read the second one for sure.
jackdoud's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
earlofbronze's review against another edition
1.0
This was like a poor mans Black Company set in space. It was predictable, the characters were cardboard caricatures. Overall a not good book.
justalackey's review against another edition
3.0
Military science-fiction is an old guilty pleasure of mine, the grand battles, the political intrigues, the epic dramas, I loved it all. War and space just seemed to go so well together and the stories were always an adventure. But there's only so many times you can read about plasma fire liquefying aliens and Marines "hooah"-ing before you start wondering what it is you're really reading. These type of stories tend to be all spectacle and no substance, so after a while they start blending together, which is why for the occasional pulpy breather I turn to David Weber.
Of the military sci-fi genre, David Weber is king. Though his characters may be one-note and the story not always paced as well as it could be, his world-building, attention to technical detail and clear voice during action scenes are second to none. The tactics and strategies are always sensible, I'm never confused about what's happening in the beat-to-beat moments of a battle, and the explosions are always glorious. More than anything, Weber understands the Mission: really, really cool fight scenes.
Of the military sci-fi genre, David Weber is king. Though his characters may be one-note and the story not always paced as well as it could be, his world-building, attention to technical detail and clear voice during action scenes are second to none. The tactics and strategies are always sensible, I'm never confused about what's happening in the beat-to-beat moments of a battle, and the explosions are always glorious. More than anything, Weber understands the Mission: really, really cool fight scenes.
pearl35's review against another edition
3.0
With an extremely broad wink at Xenophon, Weber and Ringo have a lot of fun crash landing a spoiled playboy prince on a marginal jungle world with a battalion of space marines tasked with getting him safely home. Although they cheat a little by having convenient characters with unlikely special skills, this is mostly an excuse to explore how a crack unit without their high technology falls back on classic military training, and what happens when they encounter what seems to be the authors opening an anthropology textbook at random to decide their next contact (hey! a hunting and gathering tribe! oooh! a city state with a oligarchy!). Throw in pack dinosaurs and a pet dog lizard and it is enjoyable big loud space opera
bamelio's review against another edition
5.0
While it's been a while since I've read March Upcountry it is still one of my favorite Sci-Fi books. There are no shortcuts taken and it never feels like there is heavy handed use of technology as a silver bullet for issues and the series progresses logically and is overall a good read in my opinion.