From eb9ec848e52502896777b8c73b2eb8c9f5369f50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 10:17:04 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Book review: In Fury Born --- content/reviews/books/in-fury-born.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/books/in-fury-born.md diff --git a/content/reviews/books/in-fury-born.md b/content/reviews/books/in-fury-born.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dc7f04f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/books/in-fury-born.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ ++++ +title = "In Fury Born - David Weber" +date = 2020-06-20 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["books", "review", "scifi", "fantasy"] ++++ + +[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130528.In_Fury_Born): +Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch +them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking +pirates were invincible. But they made a big mistake when they raided +ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home work, tortured and murdered her +family, and then left her for dead. Alicia decided to turn "pirate" herself, +and stole a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her +fellow veterans think she's gone crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight +orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has +two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware +computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's most ancient legends. +And this trio of furies won't rest until vengeance is served. + + + +{{ stars(stars=1) }} + +- (--) The beginning of the book puts a lot of backstory, all in the wrong + places: You're in the middle of a conversation, the conversation stops, a + lot of stuff is thrown at your face and... the conversation just + continues. Where did you stop? What where they were discussing? +- (--) In between backstories, there is a bunch of characters. Characters and + more characters are thrown in the story, perform something small, + disappear for a while, and suddenly appear again and who the heck was + that? Did they mentioned them before? Worse, some names are so close you + don't even know if it is a new character or an old one. +- (-) The first battles are too long and provide nothing about the future. +- (--) I don't have a problem with mixing scifi with fantasy, + but you have to build an universe for that (sad to say, but something akin + to "[Bright](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5519340/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)"), but + when you suddenly add a Greek spirit... everything seems to fall apart. +- (+) Some points are really well constructed. For example, there is a + discussion between three characters and you don't need descriptions to + know who's talking; their tone and words make things clear. +- (=) The pacing only gets convincing the end, when everything is done. + +Honestly, it could be a good story, if the spirit was removed, the backstories +cleaned out, some stuff that doesn't affect anything in the long run (pointing +that they happened, with short summary would suffice) and make it shorter +would be a real improvement.