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Summary: More please!
Review: Great book. Could not put it down, much like the previous book in this series. Well written characters, lush tropical backdrop (okay, that MIGHT be pushing it....) a great story. Fascinating to watch Prince Roger grow and mature through the story. Even a fairly satisfying ending, although it definitely left me wanting more. I don't think David Weber can write a bad book, and I'm eagerly awaiting the next John Ringo book as well.
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Summary: How can they possibly top this one?
Review: Great writing with excellently crafted characters. I could really get into the story and found myself holding my breath in fear, anticipation and hope more than once. Wonderful humor used appropriately and of course the signature Weber & Ringo military strategies. In an nutshell..when's the next one?
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Summary: A Deeply Flawed 1st Half Made Better By a Descent Finish
Review: Halfway through this book, I thought I might not be able to give this novel more than 1 star. It never bothered to re-introduce most of the characters, it never bothered to explain all manner of details from March Upcountry which had importance and relevance to the understanding of this story. For example, although the enemy Saints are mentioned, they are never explained or introduced, something which could have been done in the briefest of paragraphs.I expected better from this story. A lot of the problems which plagued the first book, the reason for the limitations on their high-tech military equipment, the overnight transformation of Prince Roger, the lightening fast love interest story (which never had a proper foundation), etc., all of these were flaws which shouldn't have impacted this book, meaning the authors didn't have to deal with these defects. What happens? The romantic interest is put aside for about half the book before returning to it. But the book gets better in the second half. The writing and story telling get sharper. Prince Roger MacClintock arrived on the planet Marduk by chance, marooned there in an assination attempt. The tertiary heir to the Throne of Man is guarded by Bravo Company of Bronze Battalion of the Imperial Marines, the bodyguards of the spoiled Roger. Stranded, in enemy space, the Marines arrive with equipment discovered to be defective, and realize that they need to fight their way across the continent upon which they landed, reach the sea, cross it, and then comandeer a spaceship at the sole spaceport on the planet, a spaceport believed to be under the control of the enemy. March Upcountry began the tale, and March to the Sea tales up the story, as the title says, of the Marines' March to reach the sea. In the course of the first book, Roger's petulant ways had been corrected, and he's taken to the role of a barabarian war leader. March to the Sea continues in this vein. Essentially there's very little new territory in this book. Like March Upcountry, Roger & Co. befriend new groups of natives, and battle the enemies of their new friends. The good news, having read some of the advance previews for the upcoming March to The Stars, it appears that the third book of this saga is much better than the first two efforts. There's a good story here, but the devil is in the details.
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Summary: who cares?
Review: i dont see why people r so stressed about the characters. Sure, the plot focuses more on combat than the characters-but hey, there are some pretty major character get-togethers. Over all, this book is good-better than alot of his (in my opinion-i dont like the shiva option and gust front and stuff:) books, but its mainly just something to fill the gap in between the important parts-the landing and the spaceport. They might even toss another one in there about doing something about the . . . uhhh ... enemies of the Empire of Man. I like it
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Summary: Riveting
Review: I found this book utterly riveting. It held me glued to the computer screen when it first came out in e-form webscriptions from Baen. I read it straight through, pausing only when I had to take care of super urgent unavoidable tasks, and was quite anxious to return to the story to find out what happened next. I know that I will read and reread my paper copies of this series often. It's a wonderful fast paced adventure, with many characters I loved getting to know and want to know better. It ends in a good place for reader satisfaction yet leaves us hungering for more. I look forward to reading the upcoming book thus answering the age old question of WHAT happens NEXT?!! The universe is rich and diverse with many tales yet to be told. Thanks to Ringo and Weber for bringing us another wonderful playground in which to play, imagine, and romp.
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Summary: An excellent work of Military Sci-Fi
Review: I have had the pleasure of reading both this book and this authors earlier work in the same timeline, "March Upcountry". I can honestly say that I enjoyed both books, and these have me contemplating reading the other works by John Ringo. If I try to give you a synopsis, I'm either going to be unclear, or I'll end up spoiling the work for you, but I do wish to remind you that different people have different tastes, and Baen.com has a wonderful "taste test" of their books. Read a few chapters and decide if you want to buy it rather than rely on my opinion or that of others. I feel confidant that 80% of you will agree with me.
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Summary: A let-down after _March Upcountry_
Review: I like Weber's work generally, and I enjoyed the prequel to this book, but I almost couldn't get through this one. There's some good stuff here. The plot's interesting, and includes worthwhile character development and compelling hints about what's going on in the broader setting, out in the galaxy. It also becomes clear that we're looking at a long book series; the characters are nowhere near the end of their travails. But: although I like military fiction in general, this book gets bogged down in looong passages about tactics, artillery, manufacturing schemes for ammunition, &c. ad nauseum. My subjective impression is that more than half the book was not critical to the storyline--more fun for an avid reader of National Defense Magazine than a science fiction nut or follower of Prince Roger and his loyal crew. If Prince Roger hooked you in _March Upcountry_, buy it in paperback and be prepared to skim heavily. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.
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Summary: Read this book
Review: I liked it. Weber and Ringo are both in the habbit of writing superb action books with well developed background and characters. Toegether they are doing a dynamite job. I reccomed them highly. I liked March Up Country, thought March to the Sea was even better, and am looking forward to their next work. Watching these characters go through bad times and still keep together and function very well, is a treat. The world created is plausible and interesting. You'll enjoy this one. It's fun, interesting and very well written. Take a look at the books Weber and Ringo have done on their own. Both have some very good reads out there for you to find.
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Summary: Not David Weber's usual Standards
Review: I love David Weber's books (especially his Honor series) but I was very disappointed in this book and the previous book in this series. I went into this book with the hope that it had improved over the last, but to no avail. To me this book was rote. Every town they came to followed the same pattern, unending. Over and over again they would meet a new group of aliens, battle it out with the bad aliens and move on. It got boring. Very Boring. There was no real fleshing out of the main characters and I had a very difficult time reading the entire book. The main characters do not hold my interest and I can't even recall some of the major players names, I had to go back and check to see who they were and what they had done in a previous chapter. It was slow going and I had to force my way through this book. If you like David Weber or John Ringo give it a try, but I recommend borrowing this from the library before spending your hard earned money buying the hard back books. Wait for paperback.
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Summary: All action--what happened to our characters?
Review: I loved MARCH UPCOUNTRY because it combined action with a coming of age story. Prince Roger grows from spoiled brat to a complex character with compassion, strength, and understanding of others. MARCH TO THE SEA takes the story forward but, Prince Roger is now all grown up and there isn't anything to take the place from the human perspective. Authors Weber and Ringo do a fine job writing battle scenes. In fact, the frequent joke within the novel--one city, one battle--seems to be the basic plot device in this book. Roger and the small remnant of human bodyguard marines are trying to get across an entire planet with a fast-ticking clock as their vitamin supplements start to get low. To survive, though, they need to get natives to help them build the ships they need to cross an ocean and the natives that have the technology skills to help them are about to be buried under an angry flood of barbarians. Roger and company set out to save civilization and themselves as well. The fighting is bloody as Roger and company commit genocide to ensure that the barbarians won't be back. Although we get occasional point-of-view scenes in the barbarian's heads, we never get the idea that they are anything but dumb cannon-fodder which is just as well because that's what they are. MARCH TO THE SEA keeps you reading, but it isn't nearly the tour de force that MARCH UPCOUNTRY was. Come on, guys, let's have some characters with our battles.
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