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Summary: Not the worst I've ever read
Review: This book looks as if DW was rushed into sending it to the printers. This book sadly lacks the attention to details necessary to bring it up to par with the best in this series and is chock full of the unnecessary drivel that grows so tiresome in the worst. Major storylines were ignored to present minutiae or secondary events that could have been mentioned in passing or handled in a couple of well-crafted paragraphs. The details he skimmed over that were of significance to major events boggle the mind. Sometimes being oblique enhances perception and brings greater focus to the characters point of view and sometimes it is just plain oblique. The author totally ignores dramatic happenings or presents them in a desultory manner only to give us approximately 8 chapters of everybody saying "Hey, Honor! We thought you were dead!" and have honors (ha!) and rewards heaped on her head. The secondary plotlines he handled so well in "Honor Among Enemies" are sadly left dangling in this installment. He could have easily made this book shorter and concentrated on the main and secondary characters and left the changing political scene for the next book. I have never been impressed with how DW woefully neglects important emotional scenes that would enhance his character development and here he continues the tradition. He writes great military SF but needs to work on his characters, especially the secondary characters he builds up and then forgets. His readers don't forget them and would like an occasional mention once in a while (without killing them off, if possible). :) The reunion scenes were sadly mishandled and many fine opportunities lost. For instance: Horace Harkness, who saves the day in EoH through some very quick thinking and nifty acting, recieves his medal off-screen, so to speak. He just shows up with it on his chest and we have to sit through several pages of why people have to salute him. This could have been handled much better. Also, what a reunion it would have been between bad-boy-gone-good Chief Horace and his spit-and-polish bride, Gunny Sergeant Iris Babcock (who's courting and nuptials DW completely ignored in previous tomes). Honor has a quick intro to her younger siblings, the scene is stolen by Honor's and Nimitz's realisation that he can't communicate telepathically, and the kids aren't seen again. If they were just a ploy to keep people focussed on Grayson and give DW something to fill up pages in EoH, what a sad misuse of an opportunity to see Honor in a totally different and unfamiliar role. Also, BIG PET PEEVE of mine, I HATE it when grown women call their fathers Daddy. She doesn't call her mother Mommy. It doesn't make her sound like a loving daughter, it sounds juvenile and manipulative. I don't mind the fact that Honor didn't get shot up, but she did have to make "the tough choice" and ride to the rescue in a rather obvious way at the end. I do like this series, I just hope the next book is up to DW's earlier efforts. Maybe he needs to take a break from Honor and concentrate on one of his other irons in the fire, then come back to Honor fresh for another go-around. I loved the first six books in this series. The next couple of books in the HH series are not bad at all, but this one was a disappointment.
Rating: 
Summary: Surrender
Review: I give up. The first three will always be personal favorites. After "In Enemy Hands" I had hoped for a revival, but this is terrible, easily the worst of the lot. It was actually a chore to finish. The predictability and heavy handed joviality has become remeniscant of a David Eddings novel. First Robert Jordan, now Weber... It's time to find another SciFi series...
Rating: 
Summary: How wonderful, and how sad....
Review: I found this latest installment of the HONOR HARRINGTON series to be bost the best and the worst of the books that Mr. Weber has written about her so far. this book has something for everyone - thundering space opera, tricky political dealings, and space battles.
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Summary: Asher Of Victory
Review: Following straight on from the last installment Ashes Of Voctory (AOV)carries on the careers of all our favorite HH characters (well those that are still with us) on both sides of the Havenite war. Offering basic, good old-fassioned space opera mixed with in-depth characters who all exist on multiple levels weather they are well established or only with us for a chapter or two. No character is super-human, and both the Mantacoran Alliance & the Peoples Republic Of Haven Have thier fair share of good guys and bad guys, brilliant stratagists and morons with power. All in all a job well done. I eagerly await Honor's next adventure.
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Summary: A very good book.
Review: This was my first book by David Weber and I enjoyed it immensely. However this is not a book I would suggest you start from because some of the backstory is lost and it was hard to follow at times if you had not read any of the other books in the series before. I did not find the first pages to be ill paced. I like other people would have liked more information on how McQueen staged her coup. But other then that it was very enjoyable.
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Summary: A Fantastic Continuation to an enthralling series
Review: I must say that I have been waiting with baited breath for this instalment of the series and David Weber has not disappointed me with this instalment. HH is no longer directly involved in the battle scenes but the action is no less furious behind the scenes on Manticore. This book has it all, with events that delight the reader happening to both our friends and our enemies, as well as some fantastic plot elements that leave me dying by slow torture waiting for the next book. Bring on more Honor!
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Summary: So she's not out on a ship coming close to dying...Come on!
Review: Why is everybody not liking this book? With a few exceptions, all the reviews here are rather negative. I see no reason to be so down on this latest work by one of my favorite authors. So Honor doesn't get herself shot at much. So what? So the one time she does get shot at, she isn't even wounded. Big deal. So she never even gets involved in a battle except on simulators. Who cares? I don't. I should say David Weber has the right to do whatever he wants to with his characters and his plot line. One way or another, let him write the books and let us enjoy them.
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Summary: I Think Mr. Weber is getting tired of Honor
Review: The book gave me the feeling that Mr. Weber is getting tired of writing about Honor Harrington & her universe, but at his publisher's insistence, continues to crank out more in the series. While Weber's writing is as good as his other works, the content is somewhat thin, & fairly inconsistant; reminds me a little like Star Trek. If something doesn't fit, oh well. While I have no qualms with Weber steering the story to political fighting rather than ship fighting, again, the story sounds forced, & in some places desparate to keep the reader's attention. The ending is somewhat anticlimatic, even given the action sequences, & suspenseful "hang" as to what is going to happen in the next book. To be quite honest, this series could end right here & be done. However, I'm sure another book will come & meander through with very little to offer the reader. Finally, I find the divided ratings of readers somewhat humorous. Those who liked it did mainly for the series itself. Those who didn't either didn't like the transition from military sci-fi to fluff sci-fantasy, or thought the book was thin on content. Ironicy, that's what Ashes of Victory represents: a great storyline that has started to decline, & once it ends, will we care?
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Summary: Nifty!
Review: This is Mr. Weber's best yet! He's done an awesome job with his characters (as usual) and has created quite a few surprises. At one point (no, I will not spoil the story by telling you), he could have easily killed off Harrington for real and gotten away with it. He would be the type of author to do that, too. The only quarrel I had with the book was that Harrington should have been a part of Buttercup. Sure, she was in the thick of things in the kingdom, but she sould have been there! Oh, well. And, of course the two best scenes are the ones with Foraker's quote, "Oops." and the final one. For those who haven't read this book yet, READ IT. It's the best yet.
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Summary: Tired of the series?
Review: It seems that Mr. Weber has tired of the series he has been writing, and wants to do something else with this character. About 2/3rds of the way through this book, he kills off many of the major characters, while completely breaking with the fairly close historical parallels he has used until now. This carnage is only very loosely motivated, and the authorial hand is far too evident. The characterization (never Weber's strong point) is flatter than ever, and the writing rather more wooden than before. I didn't buy this after I borrowed it, and while I may but future books in this series (if any) I will probably not pay h/c prices.
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