blusocket 's review for:

The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold

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I picked up and put this down too many times to have a super clear impression of it in my mind but I enjoy Miles escaping dire situations by the skin of his teeth and Elena and Gregor's personalities get a little more time to shine in this book, which makes later developments in the series more rewarding. As I've been reading the series out of order, it was also nice to get some of the missing pieces of Miles' narrative, especially his problems with cold and how the Dendarii came to be on Barrayaran imperial retainer. Surprised this won the Hugo! The space battles are fun and there are some interesting themes in e.g. the comparisons between Miles and Cavilo, but overall I didn't find it as exciting or challenging as other books in the series.