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ladynovella 's review for:
On Basilisk Station
by David Weber
I enjoyed the story. I enjoyed the characters. I really like Honor Harrington. I want to read/listen to the rest of this series.
But for the love of every good and holy, do we HAVE to stop in the middle of the action for a history lesson?
I fully understand that this is an unfortunate trademark of Weber’s work. But I wanted to throw something when Honor was about to go toe-to-toe with Klaus Hauptmann over her inspections of his ships... and the book stops and takes a sharp detour into a tangent about Hauptmann’s family history. Like, centuries back.
I was driving at the time (listening to the audiobook) and that was not the best place to have that happen. Luckily, my husband has read these books and knew to warn me of it. Also, was helpful to have him explain some of the more eye-crossingly boring explanations of the political whys and wherefores of the setting (gotta say - once I understood what was going on, the politics of Manticore is fascinating. Mostly because it’s fictional).
But outside of the massive info dumps and dull space lectures, this is a great book! And I look forward to lots more Honor Harrington.
But for the love of every good and holy, do we HAVE to stop in the middle of the action for a history lesson?
I fully understand that this is an unfortunate trademark of Weber’s work. But I wanted to throw something when Honor was about to go toe-to-toe with Klaus Hauptmann over her inspections of his ships... and the book stops and takes a sharp detour into a tangent about Hauptmann’s family history. Like, centuries back.
I was driving at the time (listening to the audiobook) and that was not the best place to have that happen. Luckily, my husband has read these books and knew to warn me of it. Also, was helpful to have him explain some of the more eye-crossingly boring explanations of the political whys and wherefores of the setting (gotta say - once I understood what was going on, the politics of Manticore is fascinating. Mostly because it’s fictional).
But outside of the massive info dumps and dull space lectures, this is a great book! And I look forward to lots more Honor Harrington.