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I think I've made up my mind about the Honor Harrington books. They are solid three star books. That doesn't mean that they are bad or that I won't read more of them. Three star books are good. They are fun. They just aren't great - and that is OK. The Honor Harrington books are the book equivalent of big budget Hollywood action flicks. There are gargantuan space battles between the good guys and the bad guys. Think beam weapons, nuclear tipped missiles, and exploding space ships. The Short Vict...
I have no real complaints about these books other than the fact that they're straight space opera that are entirely mil-SF. In the first book of the series, I was thrilled to get to know all the misfit characters and see how Honor won them over by being just plain awesome and win actual fights at super-long odds, but the same kind of formula doesn't quite work for me a second and third time.She's already an established badass. Even when super-wounded in the previous one, she got up and led every...
The Honor Harrington books are excellent (so far anyway). This one is no exception. The characters are well drawn and the political situations if not deep and intricate are recognizable and told in a way that will either bring a nod of the head, a chuckle, or possibly tick you off if you disagree too strenuously with Weber.Honor's career has moved forward in spite of a few glitches...like the enmity of certain powerful members of the Peerage and some of her superiors who think she's somewhat of
Honor continues to shine & this fairly short book opens several cans of worms that can really extend the series. This added to the depth of the series promising more fun in the future. I can't wait.There are still some info dumps, but at least one was shoved into the back as an appendix. Much of the information was contained in the first book & shouldn't have been. I skimmed it, but it's not really needed.The map in the front of the book is informative - too much so. Don't look at the legend too...
This is it—the big showdown! The war between the Kingdom of Manticore and the People’s Republic of Haven has come!I’ve really been enjoying this series. Like I said in my review of On Basilisk Station, the Honorverse is what Star Trek wants to be when it grows up. Where Star Trek is campy, the Honorverse is polished. Where Star Trek is preachy, the Honorverse is nuanced. Where Star Trek relies on hand waving and technobabble, the Honorverse shines with complex, believable world-building and incr...
The third novel in David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series continues the story of Honor Harrington as she recovers from wounds received in battle and is given command of a new battlecruiser. Honor and her crew begin putting the ship through its paces, but we know that it won't be long before military action is required and Honor fights again against the forces of The People's Republic of Haven.David Weber has done a fine job of directly transfering Napoleonic naval warfare stories into a science...
Not quite as good as the first two books in the series, but still a rollicking adventure! Honor Harrington is one of the best female characters out there and she doesn't disappoint. The political machinations in Haven and Manticore are also a great asset to this series. Can't wait for Book #4.
The Short Victorious War is the third book in the Honor Harrington series and covers the plans by the People's Republic of Haven's attempts to initiate a war with the Manticorians in order to distract their own internal political grumblings against a common enemy, as well as, hopefully, win the war to refill the republic's emptying coffers. For those who have read the previous two books in the series, there is little of surprise here. Honor and the surrounding cast remains the mostly the same. H...
2.5 really.This is the third Honor book that I've and I'm reading them in order. This book isn't bad, it's a little better than okay.The second book in this series (The Honor of the Queen) looks at a female officer forced to work in a culture where women are second class citzens. In some ways, this book feels like he is going over something similar. This is because everyone who doubts Honor in this book is male and, therefore, either (a) dumb (b) evil or (c) both. Weber seems to want to talk abo...
Close to three stars, but I hit such a block when reading the middle of this book. It took me a week to get through one chapter.The Short Victorious War is an idea by the People's Republic of Haven to draw Manticore into a war, in order to distract their populace from the unrest and widespread economic and political issues on Haven.In the beginning, Honor is recovering from a head wound, and is adapting to a new bionic eye. She is called back to duty, and assumes command of the ship Nike as the
There are problems with this book. The mainly stem from the fact that there are no realistic characters in the honorverse. There is Honor who is the best that ever lived. She is always right, always perfect, and most important to David Weber, she has a vagina. Then the rest of the cast is divided into 3 elements. 1) People who irrationally hate Honor. 2) People who irrationally love Honor. and 3) People who get their butt kick by honor to establish her perfection. There are some Military Sci Fi
The Peoples Republic of Haven mount their own version of blitzkreig, or shock and awe on the border with Manticore. They hope a surprise attack will bring a swift victory and then allow them to negotiate for peace from a position of strength.As well as the obligatory and obvious ship to ship combat there is quite a bit in this one about the politics of the Peeps. Their government is fractured and in total disarray due to left wing policies that have bankrupted the empire and lead to widespread p...
The growing tension between the People's Republic of Haven and The Star Kingdom of Manticore form the basis for this novel's storyline. The previous novels have each described situations in which first Haven and then Manticore attempt to establish lines in the sand upon which to wage the coming war. Both times Haven's efforts were prevented in large part by the actions of Honor Harrington.The primary aspect of this novel that I enjoyed was the way in which Honor's actions as a individual did not...
There are some issues I have with this book. It gets boring and tedious quite fast. And it shouldn't have. But David Weber adds characters and side-plots - and that would be awesome if he would've written a 900 pages book, but he does not. So we're left with a pretend French Revolution, with a Rob S Pierre, with a war in space that is described in gruesome detail.He makes it up, however, by humanizing Honor a bit more. Finally, there's some real relationships at play: a friend, Heneke, and a boy...
I just finished The Short Victorious War by David Weber and I'm starting to notice a pattern here:1. Honor Harrington thrust into difficult situation complicated by politics.2. Honor thwarts an invasion while overcoming said politics.3. Profit.Now, I understand these have to be somewhat formulaic, and this book was in fact, enjoyable, so I can't complain excessively here. The real weakness of this book is that it's so short, and Honor plays such a minimal part in the action. I'd almost even call...
This is the weakest link in the series so far.The clash in Yeltsin Star has started the conflict between Haven Republic and Manticore Kingdom. The Haven Republic, as always, denied any involvement. But nevertheless the tension is rising.I am actually glad, because in this novel, we know more about what happened in the Havenite side. It brings more balance to the story, now we know what happened at the other side. The admiralty of Manticoran Navy is also troubled by the deployment of the task for...
As much as I liked the two previous books, this one I struggled to enjoy. First of all, the plot lacked enough focus to me: on the one side, we have Havenites plotting their war, on the other we have Manticore basically being hight and mighty, and in the middle of this is Honor, who, despite having nothing really to do, is still the embodiment of virtue and perfection (which, I have to say, by this point it's starting to get a bit old...)So while the previous books had actual reasons to actively...
Honorverse #3 sees the Big Show kick off, as Manticore and the People's Republic of Haven finally start the war that they've been dancing around-and as always Honor is right in the center, commanding the state-of-the-art Battlecruiser Nike in defense of critical forward base. Good intelligence on the part of the peeps and command errors above leave Honor's squadron badly outgunned by Dreadnoughts, and it's up to her tactical brilliance and guts to save the day.That said, this is where the series...
Typical Harrington tale: by audacity as much as good sense Honor carries the day. Getting formulaic, but a fun read.