Parliament isn't sure it wants to keep the place; the major local industry is smuggling, the merchant cartels want her head; the star conquering, so called Republic of Haven is Up to Something; and Honor Harrington has a single, over age light cruiser with an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system. But the people out to get her have made one mistake, they've made her mad. This special limited edition includes an excerpt from the next Honor Harrington best seller. There are no reviews yet.
Be the first one to write a review. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Imagine my disappointment when a newscaster started reading the book to me. I suppose I've gotten spoiled by narrators who actually tell a story, create characters, and place dramatic emphasis in the appropriate places.
I've even been impressed with authors who read their own material and stress the importance of certain concepts. Unfortunately, this reader has the same vocal pattern for each of her sentences, be it exposition, action, or dialogue.
And it sounds as if she's reading the news. I'm very disappointed that she's apparently been contracted to record the entire series. I'll be greatly torn between wanting to listen to the rest of the books, and the amount of annoyance I'm willing to sit through to occasionally accidentally get lost in the story.
I give the book a 5 for being a great story. I give the narrator a 1 for complete lack of understanding of the art of narration. If you're a scifi fan and haven't read any of the Honor Harrington novels then give this a try. The heroine is a captain in the Manticoran Space Navy and this book follows her adventures with a new ship and a difficult posting. The author David Weber has freely admitted his admiration for the Hornblower novels of CS Forester and his own books are similar in many ways.
The long range space combats bear an obvious resemblance to the maeuvering and broadside duels of Nelson's day and there is plenty of character driven narrative as characters ponder on duty, personal difficulties and honour. Even more impressive is that the quasi-science behind ships and weapons takes a backseat to the story and action. It exists without dominating the novel.
For fans of the series do not despair. This is a good production of the book. The reader does an admirable job of conveying different characters so that one knows who is who without a flurry of different distracting accents. She even manages Nimitz's occasional 'bleeks' without descending into farce. Once or twice her pronunciation differs from that I have always used in my head but not so much that it detracted from the story.
In many ways the best compliment that I can pay an actor reading one of my favourite books is that I enjoyed it as much as when I read the book myself. I have read all the HH books both as paperbacks and e-books.
I tend to re-read when a new book appears so have read the early ones several times. This time I decided to try an audio book. It was a good choice. I think this is the most enjoyable of ways to 'read'. The early HH books are far, far, better than the later ones which tend to get tied up in explanation of political shenanigans here and there.
HH's progress is logical and well deserved and the situations believable. Of course Weber owes much to Hornblower and Napoleonic history but isnt that the sign of a competent author that he can relate both to a futuristic situation. HH is a believable heroine. The reading is pleasant, the female voice relaxing, and the characterisation of various voices is well done without being too much. All in all, a very enjoyable experience - one that makes me want to listen to the whole series but with some reservations about the later ones.
This book is mainly composed of two things: endless, boring, out of place exposition, and praises to our central character - Honor Harrington. Honor Harrington is youngest Captain in the fleet, tactical and strategic genius, super athlete, mastermind politician, unrivalled leader of men everyone she meets loves and respects her instantly, if not, they are either villains or really jealous of her perfection , incorruptible and honourable, impossibly selfless, beautiful but not-really-but-actually-she-is, bad at math but actually-not-she-is-the-best-at-math-she-just-thinks-she-is-bad-at-math-it's-her-only-flaw, first and best in everything she does, and she does everything, because she is the best.
She is always right, and always one step ahead of her opposition, because she read the first draft. She will always win, and everybody will praise her, and anyone who disagreed with Honor, or didn't like her, will be disproportionately punished by the author in the end of the book. She also has a magical, telepathic space cat. It's very rare, and these cats choose their human, which means that Honor is a very special person.
She is, without a doubt, greatest person in the galaxy, and everybody knows that, and so should you. Thought I'd give this a go. Saw it described as 'Military Science Fiction' and wondered what that'd be like.
Unfortunately, it wasn't for me really. I did however listen to the end. It was actually a very good yarn but I found all the detailed descriptions of battle tactics and hardware very heavy going.
Suppose I'm just a 'make the jump to hyperspace and get on with story' sort of reader. I don't need detailed descriptions of how that might technically be possible.
It was sort of the same story with the detailed politics bits. Others will love it so if that's you you'll love this. Had been recommended this series by a number of friends and having just listened to the first book, I am pleased to recommend this book to other listeners.
A fresh piece of writing presented by a snappy narrator - though for some reason I'm not sure if accents would still be a relevant part in the future as is made out - not a complaint, just a view.
I love this audiobook. Allyson Johnson does a wonderful job. This is my first venture into Weber's writing and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good narration and Honor is a great heroine. It's fun to see how she deals with her opponents both internal and external and how she wins her sceptical crew over to her methods.
A Sci-Fi re-working of the classic Hornblower novels, and non the worse for that. Honor Harrington is both likeable and believable within the framework of the Honorverse.
The characters are quite well drawn and Nimitz is a good device as well as an engaging character. If Weber occasionally gets too involved with the technicalities it is important to understand how and why some of the tactical decisions are made and it makes the story line more credible within it's framework.
Well worth a listen or a read , and if it appeals there are many more in the series, and if it does not it is still a ripping yarn in and of it's self. The only thing I would do is tell the reader that the planet's name is "Mantocore". Not Mant'kr. That is endlessly annoying.
Be ready for a lot of exposition. I mean A LOT. Interesting, needed, but still. The author had the good sense not to put it into the action scenes, at least, but everything else was fair game. Still, the world and characters all this expositoring creates is very much worth it.
I can count authors who even remember that in space you're not restricted to two vectors of movement on one hand.
And the number using realistic time frames for communication is even smaller. The amount of real life science is just beautiful and then it's used to further the plot!
I love this series the main character and her backstory are superb. This story not just this book but the whole series runs over a spread of decades and each book is a complete and interesting story ion its own right but its highly recommended to listen or read these in order. With the quality of Voice Artist use in these books its actually really easy to both read and listen your way through the series. Something not always possible for me.
The story is a bit long winded in places but well worth taking the time to to press through skip. Highly recommended. I listened to this audio book having read the paper book multiple times.
The pronunciations in this book were distracting. Frequently voice tones were off. A young ensign with a gravelly baritone that sound like an old man. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Having made him look the fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her. Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station. The aborigines of the system's only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens.
Parliament isn't sure it wants to keep the place; the major local industry is smuggling; the merchant cartels want her head; the star-conquering, so-called "Republic" of Haven is Up To Something; and Honor Harrington has a single, over-age light cruiser and an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system.
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