A review by dorinlazar
Tales of Honor, Volume 2 by Matt Hawkins, Dan Wickline
3.0
This review will contain a few spoilers.
Honor Harrington is refitting her ship after the Basilisk incident, and she is very reluctant in taking a break - fortunately, her mother calls, and asks her to investigate what happened to her missing uncle on a pleasure station called Eros. She embarks on this trip with a crew of two, ready to cause some trouble in order to find out what happened with her uncle.
The story doesn't have enough space to develop. While at the beginning it reminded me of a Star Trek Episode with Mr. Picard being the reluctant one caught in an adventure he absolutely did not seek, Honor is not really in the same situation; instead, the authors want to suggest she's in control at all times. I guess that's fine and entertaining for some, but a bit of tension would've been necessary.
But the biggest flaw is the finale. That was a big disappointment to me, and what should've been a four star story ended up a three star book.
The graphical design is quite nice, Sejic's drawings are awesome, but the story lacks depth. And, unfortunately, there's no continuation of the real story from the first volume, because there was a cliffhanger there related to Honor's destiny - will she be executed publicly or not?
Honor Harrington is refitting her ship after the Basilisk incident, and she is very reluctant in taking a break - fortunately, her mother calls, and asks her to investigate what happened to her missing uncle on a pleasure station called Eros. She embarks on this trip with a crew of two, ready to cause some trouble in order to find out what happened with her uncle.
The story doesn't have enough space to develop. While at the beginning it reminded me of a Star Trek Episode with Mr. Picard being the reluctant one caught in an adventure he absolutely did not seek, Honor is not really in the same situation; instead, the authors want to suggest she's in control at all times. I guess that's fine and entertaining for some, but a bit of tension would've been necessary.
But the biggest flaw is the finale.
Spoiler
After meeting her uncle, they blow up Eros Space Station without remorse in a terrorist act, after giving out a deadline of 20 minutes to evacuate, while Honor is caught on the planet fighting the very weak security forces there. And everything is resolved as if the writers didn't have space for another issue to actually build a proper finale. And I don't get why they cut this so short; plus why the questionable act of blowing up a space station? What did the space station (the vehicle itself) do to deserve this?The graphical design is quite nice, Sejic's drawings are awesome, but the story lacks depth. And, unfortunately, there's no continuation of the real story from the first volume, because there was a cliffhanger there related to Honor's destiny - will she be executed publicly or not?