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Brothers in Arms
by Lois McMaster Bujold
This series continues to impress me; while it took me a little longer to get into this book, once I did, I finished it in a single sitting.
The book is a little rough around the edges, but I'm giving Bujold a pass since this was actually one of the earliest published books in the saga. As a continuation to Borders and Warrior's, this book is actually a step-up in terms of making the story interesting and believable as opposed to contrived, but there's plenty of contrivances to see here as well.
Overall, I still love this series, though I'm going to take a short break from it now.
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Publication Order Re-read Review:
I find it interesting how little my views about somethings have changed despite the context of the entire story. I still think this is a step up from Warrior's especially in terms of the story not being contrived, and I also think it's not up to the quality of the rest of the Miles' books. The improvement in Bujold's writing is clearly self-evident in publication order much more than it was in chronological order (which, honestly, is all over the place).
One major complaint I had with the series was how Miles was at sex and romance, even for a coming-of-age tale. It seems, this complaint goes away when read in publication order - he gets over Elena in the second book he appears in!
One other thing about this book is that Mark is not really a character unto himself yet. In later books, he becomes a character about as well rounded as any of the other Vorkosigans, but here, he's just a macguffin character of sorts. When I originally heard about Mark, I was a little surprised that this was the direction in which Bujold chose to go with these books, but so much of ACC depends on Mark that I can't really say I'm sorry she did this.
The book is a little rough around the edges, but I'm giving Bujold a pass since this was actually one of the earliest published books in the saga. As a continuation to Borders and Warrior's, this book is actually a step-up in terms of making the story interesting and believable as opposed to contrived, but there's plenty of contrivances to see here as well.
Overall, I still love this series, though I'm going to take a short break from it now.
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Publication Order Re-read Review:
I find it interesting how little my views about somethings have changed despite the context of the entire story. I still think this is a step up from Warrior's especially in terms of the story not being contrived, and I also think it's not up to the quality of the rest of the Miles' books. The improvement in Bujold's writing is clearly self-evident in publication order much more than it was in chronological order (which, honestly, is all over the place).
One major complaint I had with the series was how Miles was at sex and romance, even for a coming-of-age tale. It seems, this complaint goes away when read in publication order - he gets over Elena in the second book he appears in!
One other thing about this book is that Mark is not really a character unto himself yet. In later books, he becomes a character about as well rounded as any of the other Vorkosigans, but here, he's just a macguffin character of sorts. When I originally heard about Mark, I was a little surprised that this was the direction in which Bujold chose to go with these books, but so much of ACC depends on Mark that I can't really say I'm sorry she did this.