1633 by Eric Flint, David Weber
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Book Reviews of 1633
Book Review: Splendid alternate history tale.
Summary: 5 Stars
David Drake does it again with this superb alternate history. He is certainly the premier SF writer today!Book Review: 1633 < 1632
Summary: 3 Stars
1632 had serious problems, starting with the many long-winded characters and their inconsequential rambling conversations. While Weber's people in the Harrington books can talk too much, also, I had hoped that in 1633 he would have kept Flint a bit more to the point. Alas, not so. 1633 is one long wait for the very few things that actually happen, to happen. And once they happen, everyone and his foil have to yack that over, as well, and the problem is that much of their yacking doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Three stars only because these guys have a better mastery of language than Flint alone demonstrates, 2 stars missing for everything this story could have been. Highly recommended as a soporific.Book Review: A Good As The Original
Summary: 4 Stars
A quality sequel to it's predecessors, and one of the rare occasions that a sequel beats the original in some aspects, although not all.
As with 1632, the characters while still somewhat cliche, have started to become more fleshed out. Several new or minor characters get much larger roles, and thankful these get started from the ground up without the piles of cliche. The dialog is still a bit forced at times, and people spend long period s of time explaining things to each other. There is also a lot of what I call trailer lines. That is, if this were a movie, those lines were written to be in the trailer. That's not terrible, but it should occur in every chapter, which it does in this book.
What really makes this book shine is the way the author deals with politics and foreign relations. In most books the main characters and their allies are the good guys, most everyone else is victims that have to be saved or black hats. The good guys save the day and control the world, but no specifics on what happens after. Flint takes the events from the previous book, and starts to show why American style democracy would have difficulty integrating into 1600 monarchy driven politics. There is even tension between allies as the Americans try to bring them into the democratic fold while at the same time allowing their monarchical ways.
The action, while very limited in this book, is also good. Because of all the political battling, the action is really saved for near the end, and feels a bit tacked on.
Overall this book continues the series and moves it forward in a way few sequels achieve.
Book Review: fantastic A++++++
Summary: 5 Stars
Eric Flint is a genius and his world of th Ring of Fire is incredible.Book Review: Not nearly as good as 1632...
Summary: 2 Stars
I was substantially disappointed by this second installment of Flint's brilliant 1632. About two thirds of the way through this very viscous novel I began to ask myself when the payoff would happen. It never did. The material was dense, probably historically accurate, but BORING. Like it was written by a committee.
Most novels have some flat spots, but the author(s) usually reward your persistence and patience. Not so here IMHO.
And the afterward is a curious thing... Flint waxes enthusiastically about his committee approach to 1633 and further installments of his original 1632 novel. But its almost as if he's attempting to deflect criticism of this approach in advance.
To me, novels are mostly entertainment. 1633 reads like a history text. Instead of an afterward by the author, 1633 should have provided a bibliography.