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kjtreks's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
telerit's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
medea_jade's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
k22mk's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jonmhansen's review against another edition
4.0
"You are not going to put it in a fruitcake and bake it! It'll destroy it!"
sheilaokeefe's review against another edition
3.0
Didn't like the narrator. Think I'll go back to paper for the rest of this series, assuming the narrator stays the same.
majkia's review against another edition
5.0
82. [Marque and Reprisal] - Elizabeth Moon - Vatta's War 2 - ROOT
Rating: Fun and couldn't putdownable.
'The whole trick in moving on a hull without safety lines, the instructor had said, is not to do it in the first place.' But of course Ky ended up doing just that.
Kylara Vata, thrown out of her planet's military academy, had just endured her first exposure to being a trading captain in her family's trading company. It hadn't gone that well, not entirely because of her, but it certainly had given her experience.
This time out, she's on an old tug of a ship, slow, old, desperately in need of an upgrade, when she learns that her family is being targeted and that Vatta ships across the known worlds are being targeted.
So, her new mission: the hell with trading. Survive.
So much fun. She's a hoot, her friends are as well, and she goes from one crisis to another barely holding it together. And, secretly, loving every dangerous moment of this life.
Rating: Fun and couldn't putdownable.
'The whole trick in moving on a hull without safety lines, the instructor had said, is not to do it in the first place.' But of course Ky ended up doing just that.
Kylara Vata, thrown out of her planet's military academy, had just endured her first exposure to being a trading captain in her family's trading company. It hadn't gone that well, not entirely because of her, but it certainly had given her experience.
This time out, she's on an old tug of a ship, slow, old, desperately in need of an upgrade, when she learns that her family is being targeted and that Vatta ships across the known worlds are being targeted.
So, her new mission: the hell with trading. Survive.
So much fun. She's a hoot, her friends are as well, and she goes from one crisis to another barely holding it together. And, secretly, loving every dangerous moment of this life.
scurvytown's review against another edition
3.0
A little slower than the first book, but still a lot of fun to read.
nuevecuervos's review against another edition
3.0
Alright, I always want women in space kicking ass with the help of their top notch crew, and I do dig Elizabeth Moon. BUT. We listened to the graphic audio version of this book while on our first road trip in fifteen months and I fucking HATE the voice they made for Ky. omfg, it is 100% the woman-voice-actor-makes-a teenage-boy-voice and it's so. goddamn. annoying. I didn't want to harsh the hubs and the daughter who were really enjoying it, but if I had been alone, I would have absolutely turned it off. I can't separate whether the character is annoying, or the voice just grated on me so hard, I couldn't see past it.
Anyway, we got through this and started #3, but I couldn't get home fast enough. I feel like I should actually read the books and avoid the graphic audio, which is a shame because I really enjoyed Stella's voice actor, among others.
Right, but re: the story; I am starting to feel like Vatta's War really was just one GIANT book that needs to be read together. And I'm a little suspicious of how Ky's being made out to be secretly Dexter Morgan. :D but again, I don't know how much of that is emphasized in the book, or if it just seemed emphasized in the audio production.
Anyway, we got through this and started #3, but I couldn't get home fast enough. I feel like I should actually read the books and avoid the graphic audio, which is a shame because I really enjoyed Stella's voice actor, among others.
Right, but re: the story; I am starting to feel like Vatta's War really was just one GIANT book that needs to be read together. And I'm a little suspicious of how Ky's being made out to be secretly Dexter Morgan. :D but again, I don't know how much of that is emphasized in the book, or if it just seemed emphasized in the audio production.