A review by bory
Field of Dishonor, by David Weber
3.0
This is a smaller, more intimate story than the first three installments.
Where, oh where, did my space military power fantasy disappear to? On Basilisk Station and The Honor of the Queen both had excellent, detailed, intense space battles. Torpedoes, lasers, shields, explosions, tactics, the works. Those, without a doubt, were the best parts about the novels. The Short Victorious War had a space battle, a rather underwhelming one, and most of the action happened off page. With Field of Dishonor we don't event get to see a single torpedo being fired, to my immeasurable disappointment.
Rather, we get to spend more time with Honor as a character, which is both a good thing, because she was rather underdeveloped in the first two installment in the series, and bad thing because she is very much a Mary Sue. I like her for what she is, the best at everything (on a side note, remember when she was bad at mathematics? the author doesn't, because this one, singular flaw of hers hasn't been mentioned in three books) but she really does work best when she's in the captain's chair and her ship's exploding around her. Dealing with romance and politics... eh? Can't say her romance worked for me to begin with. Bland, good guy love interest was bland.
At least Pavel Young has been dealt with. I'd like to say that he was a compelling villain, but I'm just glad I don't have to read chapters from his perspective anymore.
Anyway, despite my disappoint at the lack of action, these books are very readable, so I'm planning on sticking with them.
Where, oh where, did my space military power fantasy disappear to? On Basilisk Station and The Honor of the Queen both had excellent, detailed, intense space battles. Torpedoes, lasers, shields, explosions, tactics, the works. Those, without a doubt, were the best parts about the novels. The Short Victorious War had a space battle, a rather underwhelming one, and most of the action happened off page. With Field of Dishonor we don't event get to see a single torpedo being fired, to my immeasurable disappointment.
Rather, we get to spend more time with Honor as a character, which is both a good thing, because she was rather underdeveloped in the first two installment in the series, and bad thing because she is very much a Mary Sue. I like her for what she is, the best at everything (on a side note, remember when she was bad at mathematics? the author doesn't, because this one, singular flaw of hers hasn't been mentioned in three books) but she really does work best when she's in the captain's chair and her ship's exploding around her. Dealing with romance and politics... eh? Can't say her romance worked for me to begin with. Bland, good guy love interest was bland.
At least Pavel Young has been dealt with. I'd like to say that he was a compelling villain, but I'm just glad I don't have to read chapters from his perspective anymore.
Anyway, despite my disappoint at the lack of action, these books are very readable, so I'm planning on sticking with them.