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Summary: Well Done!
Review: "Ashes of Victory" picks up where "Echoes of Honor" left off.In this book, we see Honor Harrington finish turning into a senior flag officer. There is not the action in previous Harrington novels, instead, this is a developmental, possibly the pivotal, novel in the Harrington series. Harrington turns into an advisor to Queen Elizabeth, Michelle Henke, William Alexander [Earl White Haven's brother and Chancellor of the Exchequer] and Queen Elizabeth herself are further developed here, along with a host of others. Weber uses "Ashes of Victory" to tie up a number of loose ends from the past, and to open several new avenues for the future. The treecats finally go public as a sentient species. Other events occur. Having first read "Ashes" on the eWebscription feature of Baen's website [www.baen.com/], I enjoyed re-reading it when my hardcover was delivered. An excellent read, highly recommended. A word to those who are new to the Honor Harrington series: while this book stands by itself, it will make more sense to read the series in publication order. Look for "On Basilisk Station" and go from there. Read and enjoy them all!
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Summary: Honor back from the dead
Review: David Weber scores again with the highly anticipated ninth book of the Honor Harrigton series. I enjoyed this book a lot. It keeps right on moving with a fast pace and many of the gems readers have come to expect from the HH series. I couldn't put this book down. It was riveting. I wish "War of Honor" (#10) came out NOW! Honor now comes full circle, becoming more politically minded, taking care of her steading on planet Grayson and having plenty of time to play with her tree cat. Being and Admiral and one of Queen Elizabeth's personal friends could be a lot for one woman to handle but Honor takes it in stride and soars. I would recommend this series to anyone, it makes you want to stand up and be counted. Newcomers should start with Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington ...and others already introduced should thoroughly enjoy this book.
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Summary: Yet Another Fine Installment in the Harrington Series
Review: David Weber's "Ashes of Victory" may have the least number of space battles in any of the Honor Harrington novels I've read, but he more than makes up for the lack of action with suspensful, riveting descriptions of political life and the royal families of Manticore and Grayson. Honor Harrington finds herself promoted to full admiral in the Royal Manticoran Navy and assigned to a "desk" job at the naval academy, teaching tactics to midshipmen, including a few from Alliance worlds such as Grayson and Erewhon. She must also contend with Nimitz's health problems - as well as her own - stemming from their capture and imprisonment by the Peeps. Meanwhile Admiral Esther McQueen, the People's Republic of Haven's Secretary of War becomes involved in political turmoil and strife both at home, on Haven, and also involving her subordinates, most notably admirals Giscard and Tourville. Indeed, there is as much political intrigue depicted on Haven as there is on Grayson and Manticore. Finally Admiral Hamish Alexander, Earl of White Haven, leads his Eighth Fleet on a daring campaign deep within the People's Republic, unleashing several new - and extremely deadly - weapons systems against the Peeps. Weber has written yet another fine installment in the Honor Harrington series, providing the setting for the next novel, "War of Honor".
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Summary: Not bad, but not as good as the early books
Review: I like the Honor Harrington series a lot, but this book is starting to burn me out with the treecats and the new technology and the politics. I don't mind any of it in small doses, but when being cute and multistage missiles and petty arguments between petty people drive the plot, I start to lose interest. To be blunt, I liked Honor when she was just a captain or squadron commander. This simple fact put her in very interesting situations. However, I find that her extremely rapid rise to Fleet Admiral kind of spoiled the fun of deep space engagements (which I hate to say are becoming few and far between.) In most situations, the Fleet Admiral flies a desk at HQ while the down and dirty stuff (at least in a tactical command sense) is handled by the commanders, captains, commodores and rear Admirals. Also, while I'm at it. I wish the author would tone down the honorariums about Honor. I like the character without being reminded for the 1000000th time that she was once ugly and now considered beautiful or her black dead eyes. I get the message--she is a looker who can rip out my throat without remorse. Still a good book if you enjoy the series, though.
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Summary: Growing Pains
Review: I posted an early review for this book right after it came out and I gave it five stars. I still think it gets five stars after rereading the book again.It needed to be written, and it was written well. Then I look at the reviews here on Amazon and see peope whining that there was not enough action and adventure. Grow up! Honor sure is. And the universe David Weber is writing in is growing up too. If you cannot handle a pause in the action, GO READ SOMETHING ELSE! Sorry if that sounds harsh, but the series needs the breather. And I wanted to know what is happening on the fronts other than the war front. Why certian things mentioned in other books happened, and what happens to characters we all know and love. Life goes on and I wanted to see some life, not war. Good job David. Keep up the good work.
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Summary: Small bump, but still very good
Review: I've enjoyed this series tremendously, for its characterization of Harrington, and of course, it's fast paced military action, tactics and strategy. In this book, though, Weber gets a bit side tracked. I wouldn't go quite so far as to say he becomes Robert Jordan-ized ("Wheel of time" series--caught in molasses), but some 400 pages go by in this 635 page book with little happening. The first part of the book, you feel, was what might've ended the prior book. Ok. Take a little time. Weep and regroup. Honor's home. Then the slow pace continues for several hundred more pages. For instance, there's a good bit of a chapter devoted to Honor interviewing her lawyer! Well, that's exciting. And others on how she sets up her new house, etc. Characterization is one thing, but this is a bit of overkill. Not that all the bits are bad or boring--it's just that there are too many of them, to the point where they dominate the book rather than provide a subplot or interesting sideline. A little editing would've gone down good here. Still, a lot to like. You'll still want to read it if you're a Harrington fan. And like I say---the Robert Jordan analogy occurred to me (he, the author who became full of himself and starting writing a never-ending series that moved like molasses and angered original fans), but it's nowhere near that bad.
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Summary: Good book (not counting the 350 pages of Honor worship)
Review: If you can get through the first 300 pages of people kissing up to Honor, people repeating how amazing Honor is, pages upon pages about Honor's treecat, and endless pages about Grayson and how hard working they are and how much they respect Honor and about their religion, this book is actually good. I know it doesn't sound that way from my review, but 3 quarters through the book the war with the peeps takes some very interesting twists. Alot of things are resolved in this book and as always, whenever Weber gets to the fighting, it is amazing. But I must say, I am getting a bit tired of Honor. It was okay when she was an underdog and had challenges to overcome, but now she is one of the richest people in the universe, having telepathic powers, and being one of the highest ranking officers in the Grayson and Manticore Navies. Also, does Weber have to tell me how pretty she is in almost every page? I get the impression that Honor is starting to think she is better than everyone, from arguing with the Queen to receiving praise from EVERYONE, it is getting old. But again, the battles with the peeps are top notch.
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Summary: Honor, Honor, Honor...
Review: Much of the book has to do with politics, the healing of Nimitz and Honor, and Honor having to deal with all the problems of coming back from the dead. She finds much embarrassing. Readers find much satisfaction! Readers will also be excited to see all that happens to the Peeps and the manipulative bas...uh, citizens who govern them. There are not as many battle scenes as in previous books, but let's face it, Honor is coming back as medical mess and healing takes awhile. But just because she is only involved in one actual space battle, does not mean you won't see the Manicorian and Grayson Navy kick some serious butt! All-in-all, another winner by David Weber!
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Summary: Let the lady have some rest!!!!
Review: Okay,so the Honor worship can get redundant and then what happens to the Bad Penny made me a little sad.However,life goes goes on even if that means Honor gets a desk job.Do you really think that after escaping from Hades,the Manticoran Navy would put her back in a ship(Especially if they want it to come back in one piece,but in all fairness its never her fault).I do have one suggestion for Weber,could you include more ground combat that is as in-depth as your space battles?
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Summary: Look out Manticore and Peeps
Review: Please note, I went to college with David Weber, forewarned is forearmed. Honor is back from the dead, but without an arm and an eye she can't fight. She can, however, teach. She has the first native born Grayson female middy as a student, as well as the responsibility of restructuring The Crusher curriculum. Nimitz can't talk to his fellow cats(his telepathy speaker is broke), so Honor's Mom suggests sign language as a cure, and now even the sceptics must acknowledge thats cats are as smart as humans. The Peeps are still in charge on the frontlines of the war pushing the alliance back, but McQueen is in trouble over St. Just's paranoia about her. Manticore and the Graysons have some new secret weapons that they belive will win the war. OK, is that enough excitment for you? Although it isn't my favorite book in the series, it is well written; but, this book seems to be the start where editors start losing control of David. Repeated descriptions of the same thing start creaping in to his writing. To the good, we become more familiar with the royal families of Manticore and Grayson, and learn more about key figures in the Peeps navy. If you haven't read any of the Honor Harrinton series start with On Basilisk Station and read all 11 of the novels. The 4 short story books are also good, but they aren't needed to apreciate the novels. They do however expand the whole Honorverse.
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