Reviews

Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik

thecaptainand's review

adventurous

4.5

hunterkat's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Victory of Eagles 4.5/5 
Another great entry for the Temeraire series! This paired with book 4 makes for an amazing, heart wrenching read. I adore this series so far and I’m looking forward to seeing where the books go from here!

hannog's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

4.25

lapislazuli's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.25

duchessnikki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

eliasfallon's review

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? It's complicated

lilyd's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

timinbc's review against another edition

2.0

I was disappointed. Temeraire is still hopelessly naive, Piglet, Laurence is Eeyore (and verging on being Thomas Covenant). England has only two good military minds, and a lot of dunces. About 15% of the book is about feeding the dragons. We wait all book to see if Lien is going to do anything, and then we get a "WTF?" that is just wildly implausible, right up there with the pulp-fiction serials (episode 7 ends with our hero in a 30'-deep pit full of snakes, episode 8 starts with "Having exited the pit with a mighty leap, our hero ...) All the dragons but one seem to have lost about half their intelligence, and Temeraire doesn't seem to be a very effective fighter any more.

There are nevertheless some good ideas and some good plot development. It's just that this book left me with the impression that it was carelessly written.

It's also interesting that while Laurence and Temeraire are struggling with what is right and moral, everyone else in the book never has that struggle. They're always instantly certain. Novik nods at that by having Tharkay pop up again with a completely different point of view; he's certain too, but not in the unthinking way of the other characters.

Worth reading, and advances the plot, but I had hoped it would be better.

ekunes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.0

trin's review against another edition

5.0

Another fabulous addition to this series. This one didn’t quite blow me away as much as the last one (oh god, that ending! Still not over it), but it’s really excellent—and dark in a way I appreciate. My one wish is that after her fabulous introduction, Novik had managed to do even more with Perscitia; I’m worried that, considering the way this volume ends, she won’t be in the next one much. Moar Perscitia, plz!