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Summary: a dramatic final showdown
Review: If you have been reading the series up to this point (good idea), this will be a departure from the spaceship combat and naval operations focus we've had so far.To my mind, this is the book where Honor finally becomes a fully developed character: we see how she behaves when pushed to personal extremis. It is a story of transition for her; her naval career will never be the same. Readers cynical about politics and politicians will find themselves scowling a lot as the story unfolds; those who are not yet cynical will probably be nudged that direction. Honor's stolidly loyal Grayson armsmen, very important characters through the rest of the series, are first developed here. Strong drama, good characters, and a willingness to radically change the circumstances of the protagonist are all Weber strong points, and all are present. I can honestly say that none of the books so far has been the same as any other. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Setting a historical novel in space doesn't make it SF
Review: Just read my first (and last) Honor Harrington book by David Weber, and it's set in (get this) the Star Kingdom of Manticore, where there's a Victorian-style nobility including the rank of Space Lord. It's a clumsily written love-fest in which all good and right-thinking people spend pages of internal dialogue thinking about how much they love the protagonist and all evil and greedy people instinctively become terrified and repelled whenever she draws near. Weber should have given a little more thought to how a complete clone of the British Empire could have sprung up and thrived in space (complete with Houses of Lords and Commons, a Victoria-like queen named Elizabeth III, the tradition of taking a ship in prize, and even duelling with seconds). Lois Bujold gets away with her feudalistic star empire by giving it an imaginative backstory including reasons for every imagined similarity (her Counts are actually the emperor's regional acCOUNTants, shortened because of the pun, and the shorter name stuck). Instead, Weber simply uses the Victorian pastiche a substitute for his own imagination (if any). Someone else who wrote a review here said he or she was giving up on military SF after reading Field of Dishonor. I can see why one might, but Lois Bujold is light-years ahead of this stuff -- she's still worth a look. Don't give up!
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Summary: Oh, come on people!
Review: Sure, this wasn't one of the best Honor books, but it was still good. In case some of you people don't know....this is the fourth part of a series. A series. I hate it when people pick a volume dead center between the first book and the most current book, then tear it apart saying how they don't get it, and how stupid it was. I mean, you talk about bad characterization. The readers are supposed to know the characters. We've been with them for 3 previous adventures. ~rolls eyes~ If you want to start with Honor, Great! But, start with Book #1.
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Summary: Advances the overall plot but pointless taken by itself
Review: There's nothing inherently wrong with Field of Dishonor, except that its too long. The plot moves along a bit, the characters develop a bit but really, it should have been the middle third of another book. Spend 400 pages on it is just silly. I found myself skimming long parts just to get through it. It feels like the authro wrote it in a couple of months.
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Summary: Best of the Series!
Review: This is certainly my favorite book of the entire series. One of the things that I love about this series is that the author doesn't pull his punches when it comes to dealing blows to the main character. And this book shows that more than any other! This book had me in tears more than a few times. A truely excellent read, and one I had trouble putting down!
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Summary: Not your typical Honor Harrington
Review: This one is somewhat lacking in bomb pumped lasers clawing at sidewalls, but it's a great Honor Harrington book. Loyal crew risking their careers more than their lives this time, life and death, and that special Honor something. I wouldn't reccomend it as a good place to start in on the series, but it's a fine second book, unless you are a stickler for reading series in order.
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Summary: Honor Grows Up
Review: This was a pivital book for me in the Honor series, it showed David could write characters that I really cared about. I had liked Honor before but the tragidy she suffers had me really caring about her. A excellent peice of writing.
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Summary: Space opera doesn't get any better,
Review: Weber has followed CS Foresters lead in creating a series that is as good as the "Hornblower Books". He has also had the courtesy to dedicate one of the books to CS Forester, and to have his character Honor Harrington read a Hornblower novel. Expertly crafted, very exciting, and endlessly re readable. Weber is very prolific, and getting better all the time. I hope that he does not burn out
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Summary: And now for something totally different...
Review: While the previous three Honor novels are driven by battles and the PRH, Field of Dishonor is planted firmly in Manticore's political arena. The characters are the same, but the fighting takes on a different direction. This novel shows Honor finally growing up as a public person. Honor is thrown in the deep end of the shark tank when her long term adversry Pavel Young is court martialed. His smallness and obsession to destroy Honor move the book forward. In contrast, Honor's people stand in the gap for her, in order to level the playing field. Class warfare is in definite evidence here. This book, more than the previous ones has a strongly "British" flavor. At times, it is anachronistic, but somehow works. As part of the series, it's a "must read". Some men may find it to be too much of a "Chick" book. But, for all of us women who have screamed at the movie screen for the girl to kill the thug attacking her boyfriend, this book is a true validation of our full femininity. We can be powerful both professionally and physically. We can beat the ones that come after our loved ones. But we still bleed.
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