I'm being generous with two stars, but I did actually finish reading it.I've read at least a couple other books in the Honor Harrington series, and really enjoyed them (On Basilisk Station and The Shadow of Saganami). Unfortunately this book just didn't appeal to me. It was overloaded with so man...
Book #5 of the continuing Safehold series contains more of the things everyone has come to expect, and love and hate about Weber's books. He does have great story telling ability, but sometimes the story gets bogged down in massive amounts of politics description and info dumps. The sheer number ...
The first 200 pages of 600 total were dreadful; literally 200 pages of pure info-dumping via conversations across desks and dinner tables. I very nearly threw the book away. The latter two thirds were much better and in line with Weber's usual quality. However that first third was inexcusable in ...
I love the Honorverse, really and I've learned to really enjoy the way David Weber writes (backstory maniac/cast of millions/wordy mcwordysmither), but this one was at times a chore to read. Especially then the first 300 pages is just going through things we know have happened already and it wasn...
Bookworm Speaks!A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber****David Weber…one of the High Lords of Sci-fi and a King of Space Opera. The Story: The main character is ancestor of the famed Honor Harrington, Stephanie Harrington who is a first generation colonist to the planet Sphinx of the Star Kingdom...
This is the first book of a spin-off series to the author's Honor Harrington books. Set several hundred years before the Honor books, this series features on of Honor's ancestors and the first meetings between humans and treecats. A large portion of this book was originally published in one of ...
Ok this at least feels less like you are reading the same book as the other two set in this time frame. Being in another sector gives a good separation so that the other book events are at weeks remove for the characters and they have their own story. An entertaining read but ultimately the e...
Even though it was a cool concept, bringing the history of the Reformation to a civilization which is in part arguably highly advanced and, in others not, technologically, I still felt like so much was predictable. And I found the Welshish/Old English spelling of names with ys to be annoying. It ...
This is the worst Honor Harrington novel I have read.It reminds me of many American TV series that start out great, then the writers run out of ideas so they introduce the most bizarre and stupid characters and plotlines in an effort to cover up they have no idea what they are doing. If this fai...
"Like a Mighty Army" is book 7 of the Safehold series by David Weber. It's good. It's not great. If you've followed the series to this point it's worth reading. It can stand on its own but if you haven't read the whole series, it won't have the same impact. You'll have the feeling that you are mi...
I thought this one was on par with the others in this series. To sum it up, I would say 'more of the same'. If you liked the other titles in this series you should like this one. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a more "High Tech" Weber than this isn't the book for you. Mr. Weber is cle...
Fun! A little overly complex but a good read. Rather too much techie detail.
Much better than the 3rd book in the series. Actually has some action in the first third of this book. Although I gave it 4 stars, it is more 3 1/2. The action was much better this book than last, but the continued complexity of explaining all of the different plot possibilities over and over ...
This companion series to the Honor Harrington books by Mr Weber alone are, to me, what David Weber would still be like if he'd stop indulging his interests in political and military history and got on with writing exciting action-oriented Space Opera. It's no fluke, either - see March Upcountry a...
I really enjoyed this book and my daughter is currently reading it on the kindle (I listened to the audio version). I've seen some reviews as people didn't like all the interplay between the kids and their emotions...come on people these are Young Adult books. Of course there is going to be a tor...
I have just finished the Empire of Man/Prince Roger series (so far), from book 2 March UpCountry to book 4 We Few. This is my second attempt at a David Weber series-- the first being the Safehold series, which created such a poor opinion that I abandoned it mid-read. I know that SF fans seem to...
I had trouble getting into this book, and even considered abandoning it early on because it wasn’t holding my interest. However, I did become more interested in it as things progressed.The story is that a group of space marines are escorting a prince to an event on another planet. The prince is t...
I've been working on this one for awhile--listening on the drive too and from work etc., and while I hesitate to give things I like a three on this site (as, in my opinion most reviews seem to treat a three as a negative or meh response despite it's definition as "I Like it"), but I just couldn't...