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A review by disastrouspenguin
Ashes of Victory by David Weber
3.0
Blegh. Could be alternatively titled: The Book in which Nothing Happens until you're 93% Done.
"Nothing" isn't exactly fair. People live their lives. Do things. Heal, teach, connive, sneak, betray. The People's Republic continues to disintegrate, sometimes in massive and surprising ways. But it doesn't feel as if there's any cohesive plot.
Maybe "nothing happening" in some books is a risk you accept when undertaking a massive space opera like this one. Unfortunately in the last several books, it feels like more of them have this quality than not.
"Nothing" isn't exactly fair. People live their lives. Do things. Heal, teach, connive, sneak, betray. The People's Republic continues to disintegrate, sometimes in massive and surprising ways. But it doesn't feel as if there's any cohesive plot.
Maybe "nothing happening" in some books is a risk you accept when undertaking a massive space opera like this one. Unfortunately in the last several books, it feels like more of them have this quality than not.