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Summary: What were those reviewers that didnt give it 5 stars thinkin
Review: this book was indeed the best Sci-Fi Military style that i have read to date... and i have read many.. Forever Peace (Bleh..), Forever War (YEAH!), War of Honor (YEAH!), In Death Ground (...YEAH!), Halo Fall of Reach (so so... basic beginner Sci-Fi Military), then there is The Shiva Option... a totally different category of its own... this book was [GREAT]! it completely blew me away with those space battles... if u thought In death Ground was good... ur going to get blown away by this sequel... I cant help but wonder... wat was wrong with those other reviewers... this book even has a glossary for all u people who have poor memories and complain bout how many missile and ship types there are... this book is the best though a little long... and though this type of story isnt original, it does put its type to the limits...!!!
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Summary: Not Up To the Rest of the Series
Review: This is the fourth book in the series, the order of books is Crusade, In Death Ground, The Shiva Option, and Insurrection. (Insurrection was written first, but it takes place last.) The series is fascinating, well thought out, and full of great sci-fi military action, so I suggest you pick it up sometime. The Shiva Option, however, doesn't live up to the rest of the series. The Shiva Options has great military action, but the plot is too simplistic at times and could have used better editing. There are far too many coincidences and unrealistic deductions by the characters. For instance, one enemy world changes its deployment based on what happened at another enemy world even though the book previously stated that those two worlds aren't in contact. To make matters worse, it becomes obvious pretty early how the book will end. The book bogs down in the middle, and you almost want the good guys to lose just so something interesting happens. The publisher, Baen, has a two hundred page preview on their website. Or if you're interested in other books that have a lot of good sci-fi military action and a great plot, pick up the Honor series by David Weber or A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo.
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Summary: Going stir crazy here...
Review: Today (March 30th) found out bout a new DW book. Too bad it dont have any REVIEW area for those who cant wait. Shiva Option is a great book, which I still feel has a loose end somewhere. Read carefully, and you will find it. THE STARS AT WAR, Weber's and White's next book, due in Aug., I hope is part of the same series of SHIVA OPTION, and continues it. I already feel like I'm gonna lose my mind if I can't get a hint to what its about. Though this book has yet to be released...5 months is TOOOOO long a wait. I'll give it 5 stars just outta principle, for not one Weber book I have read, has ever disappointed me. May the time to pass till a hint is given to his next book...pass quickly...or something gets deliberately...leaked.
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Summary: Finally, closure. Sort of.
Review: Well, they did it. Weber and White wrote the book that was hinted at in Insurrection. But there is a little bit that most of the other reviewers seemed to have missed. We may not have seen the last of the bugs. Not giving anything away, but stay tuned for more. As far as the action, it is top-notch. If you liked In Death Ground, you're gonna love this. While some of the book is repetitive, it doesn't detract from the book. There is the usual Weber touch, making us feel something for the characters, sort of like the Harrington series. And Mr. White can write like nobodies business. I can't wait to see what comes next. Go out and buy this book, with the caveat that you should read the first book, "In Death Ground". But you will not be dissappointed.
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Summary: Breathtaking disappointment
Review: Where to begin. First let me establish my bona fides. I have all the Honor Harrington books in HARDBACK. My copy of In Death Ground is so worn I had to buy a new copy, I`ve reread it at least 20 times. I have every book David Weber has published with Baen and loved them all. That said it is hard to describe just how disappointed I was as I read The Shiva Option. The utter predictability verging on inevitability, of the plot line was stunning. At no point was the outcome in doubt or the heros in any real danger. Did I mention the plodding cookie cutter battles. Every one was a duplicate of the first. They could have saved alot of time and just written ditto Home Hive 1 thur 5. The reconquest of Telik was a fragment of a sliver of a foot note. The Star Union an half forgotten after thought. I could go on but why. Weber and White are too damn good to be churning out this tripe. I could have written better myself.
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Summary: Good conclusion
Review: While I didn't like the first book in the series all that much this book provided a worthy conclusion to the first book. I also liked the fact that there was some charecter development in this installment. My favorite new addition has got to be that of a Glossary at the back of the book, this way if you are confused about a particular term you can go back and look it up. This solves my biggest problem with the first book
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Summary: A grat popcprn book
Review: Yopu have to read this book in the right state of mind. It's not a great philosophical treatise or a deep analysis of a character (neither of which I like to read anyway). It's about spaceships blowing up other spaceships. It's like a popcorn movie, only in book form. That's not necesarily a bad thing. If you're looking for some enteratinment in the hard science fiction format, this is your cup of tea
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Summary: What happens when...
Review: You pick up a story after over a year's hiatus? The Shiva Option, clearly. In the shared collaboration by Steve White and David Weber, we pick up where In Death Ground left off: Hannah Avramsom and Ivan Antonov are dead, killed in action against the Bugs, an aggressively xenophobic (and aggressively carnivorous) spacefaring opponent. Now it's up to Kthaara'zarthan and Zhaarnak'telmasa of the Orion Empire, along with Raymond Prescott and Vanessa Murakuma of the Terran Federation, along with their Ophiuchi and Gorm allies, to take a stalled war to the Bugs. There are other side stories mixed in (such as the continuing struggles of Survey Flotilla 19).. along with potential new allies encountered during the war. At the time I'm writing this, I've just barely cracked the first 50 pages.. but the writing is strongly reminiscent of the style of In Death Ground, Crusade, and Insurrection (all part of the same story cycle). Steve White and David Weber make a fine team, and it's to be hoped that they'll continue to work together on what I would term military space opera for many years to come.
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