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A review by bosermoki
Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The next (in narrative order) in the Hornblower series. As books go, it's a mid 20th century historical fiction with the eponymous Horblower a rising British Naval officer during the Napoleonic wars.
If you like methodical military historical fiction, this entry in the series continues to be excellent and entertaining. The prose is direct and unambiguous if a bit unambitious. The pacing is solid and the books are good at building the world and carrying the reader along with straightforward, easy to visualize, if a bit dry, descriptions of the setting. Where I struggle is the characters. This books is from the view point of someone other than HH but HH remains a fairly boring Mary Sue who never really faces any real character growth with the only substantive pathos being plot derived.
If you like methodical military historical fiction, this entry in the series continues to be excellent and entertaining. The prose is direct and unambiguous if a bit unambitious. The pacing is solid and the books are good at building the world and carrying the reader along with straightforward, easy to visualize, if a bit dry, descriptions of the setting. Where I struggle is the characters. This books is from the view point of someone other than HH but HH remains a fairly boring Mary Sue who never really faces any real character growth with the only substantive pathos being plot derived.