Field of Dishonor (Honor Harrington) by David Weber
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Book Reviews of Field of Dishonor (Honor Harrington)
Book Review: Courts-martial, treachery and death!
Summary: 5 Stars
David Weber's books just keep getting better and better! Here's the fourth book of the series, and Honor Harrington must fight on a different battlefield.Honor returns from Hancock Station (The Short Victorious War), transporting Captain Lord Pavel Young, who stands accused of cowardice in the face of the enemy. If found guilty, the sentence is death. However, through surprising twists and turns, someone else dies first.
Honor takes a sabbatical for a while, as her command, HMS Nike, is in the slips for major overhaul and refitting following the pounding she received at the hands of the Peeps. She returns to Grayson to take up her duties as Steadholder. When her former executive officer stops by, she receives news that causes her to hot-foot it back to Manticore. What happens next is the tale of her courageous fight for justice in the face of political intrigue and compromise, and how that same compromise winds up treating her even more unfairly than any enemy action.
Read it. Honor's legend keeps growing, and it is well justified. What keeps me reading, more than anything else, is that she continues to be a very real and sometimes vulnerable person, despite a record of achievement that is reaching mythic proportions. Did I say read it? No, absorb it, dwell in it. In an earlier review I said that, speaking as a sailor myself, Honor is the kind of CO I want to work for. I'll go farther - Honor's the kind of CO I'd kill for and die for. 'Nuff said.
Book Review: Not everything I'd hoped for
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked up this fourth Honor Harrington book first, knowing it is a series, but not knowing its order. It was recommended to me by people who said if I like Bujold's Captain Cordelia Naismith and her son Miles, then I'd like Honor. Harrington is more like Pvt/Sgt/Capt/Major Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell than Bujold's characters. Harrington and Sharpe are the perfect soldiers. Harrington has a tough time of it, certainly, but very little humanity seeps through.Book Review: Honor Harrington returns to the deck where she belongs
Summary: 5 Stars
Honor returns to her rightful place on the bridge of a starship. She again prevails when all is ranged against her. Excellent detail.Book Review: Heroes in a dark age
Summary: 4 Stars
David Weber's character is very much who many of us would like to be... capable, focused, and most of all, uncompromising. In a world where compromise is an accepted, and on the whole necessary fact of life, Dame Captain Harrington has a luxury you and I do not. She may, and most often does, take direct, decisive action to solve her problems. And *that* dear friend, is something we would all dearly love to do! Where my young heroes were Han Solo and Mad Max, and my maturing hero was Indiana Jones, I now have Honor Harrington to model myself after, and I know I need her, as we all continue to evolve, and we all need someone to inspire us.Book Review: A good read
Summary: 3 Stars
But the plot(s) and character(s) are simply trite and boring. Honor is just way too good to be true, and all the problems she face are external, which makes the story very straightforward. Turn your brain off when you read it