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A review by mak506
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
4.0
I first tried to read this book in...1998! Or maybe 1999. And I nearly didn't get into it this time either. The first 10% was nothing but Weber throwing dozens of characters and a complex political/military situation at the reader, who doesn't know who or what is really important. Also lots of my major complaint against the book in general, which was too much telling rather than showing.
As it turns out, my decision to skim most of that in hopes (with assurance from my HH fan Dad) it would get better proved to be a good one. Once Honor and her crew are sent off in disgrace, it's like a different book and most of what happened early on doesn't matter--though there are a couple key things that will make the ending easy enough to guess. We're still not talking great literature, but a very enjoyable military sci fi yarn that felt good enough to be an alternate universe ST:TNG.
Probably 3.5 stars, but rounding up because Nimitz. I hope he gets to do more than naughtily eat celery in future books!
As it turns out, my decision to skim most of that in hopes (with assurance from my HH fan Dad) it would get better proved to be a good one. Once Honor and her crew are sent off in disgrace, it's like a different book and most of what happened early on doesn't matter--though there are a couple key things that will make the ending easy enough to guess. We're still not talking great literature, but a very enjoyable military sci fi yarn that felt good enough to be an alternate universe ST:TNG.
Probably 3.5 stars, but rounding up because Nimitz. I hope he gets to do more than naughtily eat celery in future books!