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Summary: MORE!
Review: I've read a few of the reviews before this and have to say that thank god we are not all alike! I loved this book, in fact, I have loved all of the books and can say that this is a series I hope goes on for a LONG time. I enjoy the story and the character. I don't think the world revolves around her any more than the world revolves around Bill Gates but if you listen to the news it certainly does. It's all in how you view the story. This is a series about a woman who has deep convictions about what her duty is to herself, her country and her job. She's not perfect, she makes mistakes, but she doesn't quit! She doesn't do everything like a god or a superhero but she holds herself to a strict moral code and inspires the people around her to believe in themselves and their abilities. I've had the pleasure of working briefly for a person who had some of Honor's ability to inspire people to be better than they believed they could be and I wish the world had more people like them. The characters are human, they make mistakes. What makes them better than average is that they keep trying. It's said that hero's are no better than anyone else, they just kept going in spite of the odds. This is the first author who I can say I have enjoyed everyone of the books I have read. I have just one word to Mr. Weber....MORE!
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Summary: interesting but overdone
Review: The earlier books in the series showed more character development and were less farfetched. Weber writes well and his characters are engaging, but he has to top each subsequent conflict in order to keep readers interested, resulting in a main character who is too perfect.
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Summary: Beatify her, already
Review: Look, I like space opera as well as the next guy, but the Honor Harrington series just strikes me as increasingly suited to juvenile readers. The characters all speak in exclamation points (the density of exclamation points per page seems to be rising), characters' statements always have to be characterized ("she said pertly," "he chuckled," "he said angrily") instead of being written in a way that allows the reader to infer how the character meant the statement, the "good guys" are always completely wonderful in their own saintly ways, and people ramble on endlessly about every permutation of an obvious point. I really enjoyed the initial Harrington novels. I bought this one after forgetting how I'd become increasingly disenchanted with the series for the above reasons, and because of the "Jack Ryan" effect -- "just declare her empress of the whole universe and be done with it," is the tone of the statements I started muttering while reading the more recent novels. HH seems to always be put through the torture of the week, in the same manner that soap operas and bad action shows ham-handedly try to cudgel viewers into thinking "oh, that poor girl," or "oh, that man is so evil." If I were a character in one of these books, I'd start thinking "you know, it's amazing how the ENTIRE UNIVERSE seems to revolve around this ONE PERSON. It's like everyone else is just a minor character in a bad novel..." I cite Lois McMaster-Bujold's excellent Barrayar series as a great example of how multiple strong and interesting characters can exist in the same universe and plot line. And has anyone else noticed the pattern of how when two "good guys" begin chapter-length conversation they usually are experiencing trepidation and tension about how the other person is going to react but each person always come away from the conversation feeling ever so much better about how wonderful the other character is? I cite the conversation occupying Chapter 6 as an example. Ah well, perhaps I am being too harsh. DW obviously has talent, and people obviously like his books. I just feel that there's a bit too much repetition and formula in this particular series.
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Summary: Sometimes wordy but always powerful
Review: It's Honor. ** Buy it. ** How do you get out of Hell? That's exactly what Honor does with all of her unassumed ruthlessness. Although a few parts could have been cut down a little bit(strange that all those parts weren't about Honor), the story really kicked ass (can I say that?).
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Summary: Outstanding!!!
Review: Start with the first book and hurry up to "Echoes of Honor" quick! This series is one of my favorites and I've read a few too! My only dissapointment was that I needed more honor, hey that could be the next title. I enjoyed the snap shots of individual personalities on either side. The Space battles are superb and well detailed. Unlike some novels, people you begin to like, Allied and Peep, are killed off very early creating a sence of loss and realism few books achieve. If you like military adventure set in SF this series and book are for you. Honor Harrington will keep you thrilled and running for more.
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Summary: getting better with practice
Review: The strings which Weber uses to jerk around his universe in order to arrange it to showcase Honor Harrington are getting harder to spot. While, at times, Weber still resorts to caricatures of evil in order to provide canon fodder for Honor, overall his non-Honor characters are getting more complex and more interesting. It's almost enough to make me wish he would just kill off Honor and Nimitz and let the rest of the story go someplace interesting.
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Summary: An excellent continuance of an excellent series!
Review: If you have enjoyed the other books in David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series, then you are definitely going to enjoy this novel. It is full of energy from start to finish, and ends on a note which only leads the reader to long for the next beginning. Weber has crafted an excellent story and continues his development of the characters. I often wonder how much further Weber can take us in this universe, and these characters? As long as the books continue to captivate as this one does, I hope he keeps writing for a long time to come! This is one book which you will not be able to put down once you start it.
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Summary: Please, sir. May have some more?
Review: Thank you Mr. Weber! And please, sir, may I have some more? I love Honor harrington and her compadres. I am thrilled to find out more about her family, Mac, Mike, ect. First time readers of the series will not want to start here though, you would get so lost in the subplots without the background that On Basilisk Station and the others will give you. I had been waiting for something to go terribly wrong (as it inevitably does in fiction) and I got it in In Enemy Hands and I couldn't have asked for a better ending to that cliffhanger. Now, I can't wait to find out how Weber will end it all, after all a series can't go on forever . . . or can it? We are waiting Mr. Weber, please write faster!
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Summary: perfectly dovetails into a developing strategic picture
Review: A more complete characterisation of previously mentioned characters, whilst Honor's presence is always felt, allows the book to always be enthralling as the author expertly interweaves differing aspects of the strategic picture of the war between the People's Republic and the Alliance. Already one is anticipating the next book in the series, and regretting the wait. If Nelson had had a bullet proof vest what further heights the Royal Navy may have scaled, perhaps Harrington shall give us a glimpse of what might have been.
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Summary: Military Sci-fi at it's absolute best
Review: David Weber writes a rattling GOOD story, with people and situations that are entirely believeable and completely engrossing. I can't wait for the next installment!
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