I just reread my reviews of Rising
Thunder and Storm
From the Shadows and the more recent
Torch of Freedom which will be
on Azure Dwarf on October 21, 2016.
Sadly I am going to cut and paste and the same words here. I loved the initial Honor Harrington books. This another book from another perspective
and not much different, perspective on
the Mesa Manticore conflict.
This book repeats the characterization of the entrenched
bureaucratic morass of the Solarian League.
This book also has the Manticore leaders finally realizing or at least
suspecting that they are being manipulated by Mesa .
This book is a disappointment in that it is extremely
repetitive. The same events are
repeated with a minor perspective change and it brings new meaning to Weber's
wordiness. We are given more insights
into the megalomaniacs whose genetic engineering far surpasses Manpower's
abuses.
There are passages that evoke the same emotions of loyalty,
honor and courage that use to symbolize Weber's work. Sadly they are few and far between. It became a tedious read.
I have found Weber brilliant at times and consequently I
keep hoping to find that brilliance in each Weber book I read. It wasn't here.
I do not recommend the book.
Web Site: http://www.davidweber.net/
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
Oddly enough this is the exact same review that I wrote for Torch of Freedom. I don't know how that occurred but since I am the only one that noticed, I'm not going to sweat it. Didn't like either book.
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