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Summary: Go Bahzell
Review: I LOVE David Weber books guys. This is my introduction to his writting outside the "Honor" books, and I think in this instance David Weber does a very good job. Great explation about the Gods and The Fall and such(oy uhave to admit that is not something you se in many books of this type. The charecters are also extremly likeable. I really hope to continue this serise, I also plan to pick up my copy of "Oath of Swords" and I suggest you do too.
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Summary: Go Bahzell
Review: I LOVE David Weber books guys. This is my introduction to his writting outside the "Honor" books, and I think in this instance David Weber does a very good job. Great explation about the Gods and The Fall and such(oy uhave to admit that is not something you se in many books of this type. The charecters are also extremly likeable. I really hope to continue this serise, I also plan to pick up my copy of "Oath of Swords" and I suggest you do too.
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Summary: Thank you David
Review: I read Oath of Swords as part of my discovery of David Weber in early 96. After reading several Honor books OoS was revelation, a fun, fast light hearted fantsy read. I thought is was a experiment he wasn't to eager to follow up on. An enjoyable proof-of-concept " I can write fantsy to" kinda thing. I was absoultly stunned to see War Gods Own. I didn't know, and I try to keep up with Weber's work. Needless to say I bought right away and haven't been disappointed. The characters are likable, the story fun if predictable, and the background of the world. Wow. I hope Mr Weber returns to the world on a more regular basis. I want to see its past and its future.
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Summary: A great light hearted action novel.
Review: I was introduced to David Weber by a bookseller in Washington, D.C. I am so grateful to her! I read "Oath of Swords" a long time ago. I have reread it until my copy is falling apart. If I need to have my spirits lifted, I'll read it again. When I saw "The War God's Own" on the shelf, I broke a cardinal rule. I bought the hardback. I read 10 books a month and can't afford this, but this time I did buy it. Like the first book, this one had me laughing and rooting for Bahzell, Brandark, and the rest of the party. I really love fantasy with a sense of humor and this book has it. I wish there would be another Bahzell novel out tomorrow. I'd buy it in hardback, too!
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Summary: A great light hearted action novel.
Review: I was introduced to David Weber by a bookseller in Washington, D.C. I am so grateful to her! I read "Oath of Swords" a long time ago. I have reread it until my copy is falling apart. If I need to have my spirits lifted, I'll read it again. When I saw "The War God's Own" on the shelf, I broke a cardinal rule. I bought the hardback. I read 10 books a month and can't afford this, but this time I did buy it. Like the first book, this one had me laughing and rooting for Bahzell, Brandark, and the rest of the party. I really love fantasy with a sense of humor and this book has it. I wish there would be another Bahzell novel out tomorrow. I'd buy it in hardback, too!
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Summary: A Long Awaited Sequel for Bahzell Bahnakson
Review: Like the previous reviewer, I downloaded the preview from Baen books. I would suggest, in order to fully enjoy War God's Own, you really should read Oath of Swords (the first book) before reading War God's Own. While you might enjoy the latter, there are so many references, just in the preview, to characters and events in the first book, that I imagine it might be hard to follow what's going on. For instance, the young knight's fury over the Ballad of Bahzell Bloody-Hand, a song that Brandark began composing in the first book, is based on Bahzell's adventures in Oath of Swords (I have hopes that Mr. Weber will let us see some of these lyrics someday). And the War God had to argue long and hard in the first book to recruit Bahzell, which is also, I gather, mentioned in the song, which the young knight thinks is making fun of his order and his god. And War God's Own picks up right where Oath of Swords ends. The tone of the previous book and the preview of this one are far lighter than Honor. (Weber does not appear to be near as hard on his characters in this series as he is on those in the Honor series.) There is humor, swashbuckling adventure, a charming reluctant hero and smart-mouthed sidekick, an entertaining supporting cast of characters, villainous bad guys, and some poor sods just trying to do the best they can in a bad situation. The good guys get rewarded and the bad guys get their come-uppance. What more could you ask of a book?I like all of Weber's books, but I think I would have a real problem if both Honor Harrington and Bahzell Bahnakson came out at the same time and I had only enough money for one. I have a feeling Bahzell would win. In fact, I liked the preview so much I ordered it from Baen in the hopes that I might get it earlier than if I wait for the book to arrive at my local bookstore. (When it comes to books, I'm not very good at delayed gratification.)
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Summary: A Sequel That Works
Review: Many sequels fall short of the original, but this one doesn't. Weber hits the ground running and maintains his pace throughout. I had recently read "Oath of Swords" (for which see my review) and broke a cardinal rule--I pulled the sequel out of my to-be-read stack and read it out of order, I was that eager to find out what happened next! I wasn't disappointed. Weber develops his character and world to a further degree, introducing Bahzell's people (including his parents and several sibs), a female Champion of Tomanak, and a young knight-probationer who goes from priggish prejudice to a deep bond with the hradani. Also back is Wencit of Rum and, of course, Bahzell's patron, Tomanak Scale-Balancer. The author has done his research, too, as in the scenes where Bahzell visits a dwarvish settlement and sees what's clearly a blast-furnace in operation. The ending leaves room for more, and I'll be watching. Excuse me--I want to go update my Eyes listing!
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Summary: Good one
Review: Not as good as the Oath of Swords but an excellent sequel otherwise. It just lags in the middle.
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Summary: Good one
Review: Not as good as the Oath of Swords but an excellent sequel otherwise. It just lags in the middle.
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Summary: Enjoyable, meaty, but not one of Weber's best
Review: NOTE: This review contains MILD spoilers (two fantasy races and a type of magic) for anyone who hasn't already read the first book.I found _Oath of Swords_ and _The War God's Own_ at the library last week and I'm hooked. That Weber is a mean, cruel guy. Whether it's Honor Harrington or Bahzell Bahnakson, he leaves me wanting the next story NOW. BUT-- Good point: Orfressa is a living sub-creation full of interesting characters and tantalizing hints. Bad point: By the second book I was having Dungeons & Dragons flashbacks. The next time I see half-elves, psionics, and dwarves spelled with a V together in a book, I'm gonna gag! I found myself calculating Bahzell's percentile strength, for cryin' out loud! Weber is a master of the use of allusion to add depth to a story, but why not allude to the great old stories and myths themselves rather than a chimera of copies of those stories and myths? He puts the French Revolution, the carrier revolution, and so forth in his Honor stories with ennobling results (not a spoiler; you can get these references from the backs of the books)--not references to some game based vaguely in Europe. On the other hand, the 90% of _The War God's Own_ that is not allusive is very good indeed. The hradani are best of all. Good point: _The War God's Own_ is enthralling, memorable storytelling. Bad point: It has a lot of sloppy proofreading, dialogue too long to actually say, *breathless* italics that could be replaced by better prose or simply omitted, narrative that painfully explains what the reader could have soaked up from context if the story were longer, and an impersonal narrative voice that does featherweight things like beginning a descriptive sentence with "Oh." I caught a whiff of Mercedes Lackey's later style, and that ain't a compliment. Mr. Weber's craftsmanship is normally much better. OTOH, aside from a few anachronistic words, Orfressa's people do not remind me of Americans in funny clothes. That is a hallmark of true hack fantasy; this is just less carefully made than his usual. Basically I get the impression of second-act slump. New readers: If you didn't like this book, bear with him; if you did like it, you ain't seen nothin' yet. And Mr. Weber: please, please write the next one soon. (If the cover art people can get Elmore again, so much the better; I liked Bahzell and Kaeritha on sight, and wanted to know who the others were, even before I started reading.)
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