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A review by vemadin
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn by Yoshiki Tanaka
3.75
*3.75 stars
Although I'll admit to being a big fan of the anime I genuinely think that this is a great book to start off the epic space opera that is legend of the galactic heroes. It's military sci-fi that is highly enjoyable. Though I will admit to their being a whole lot of characters, only a select few are really that important, mostly Reinhard and Yang.
The different societal ideologies are very interesting too. The book is about a dictatorship vs. a democracy and this was very interesting. Despite the fact that the Empire (dictatorship) has an inept ruler it can still run efficiently due to the fact that there is no need for any approval regarding commands given from higher ups whereas in the Alliance (democracy) we are shown an incredibly corrupt government and all the messy politics involved in actually doing something. Oftentimes in the Alliance an obviously stupid plan can be put into action simply because of the high level of corruption present. I often found myself as frustrated with the Alliance government as the rest of the characters were.
I love how the book doesn't take the easy route and say "dictatorships are bad, democracy is good". It shows all sides of both, making it easy to like both sides and leads to a more interesting philosophical conflict.
Although I'll admit to being a big fan of the anime I genuinely think that this is a great book to start off the epic space opera that is legend of the galactic heroes. It's military sci-fi that is highly enjoyable. Though I will admit to their being a whole lot of characters, only a select few are really that important, mostly Reinhard and Yang.
The different societal ideologies are very interesting too. The book is about a dictatorship vs. a democracy and this was very interesting. Despite the fact that the Empire (dictatorship) has an inept ruler it can still run efficiently due to the fact that there is no need for any approval regarding commands given from higher ups whereas in the Alliance (democracy) we are shown an incredibly corrupt government and all the messy politics involved in actually doing something. Oftentimes in the Alliance an obviously stupid plan can be put into action simply because of the high level of corruption present. I often found myself as frustrated with the Alliance government as the rest of the characters were.
I love how the book doesn't take the easy route and say "dictatorships are bad, democracy is good". It shows all sides of both, making it easy to like both sides and leads to a more interesting philosophical conflict.