Elizabeth's review
Once a Hero (Baen Book)
by Elizabeth Moon
Esma, her name alone will put her on my to-read list. I've been meaning to read Elizabeth Moon for ten years. g
<whisper> actually it's Esmay. Esmay Suiza. <end whisper>
I agree with Elizabeth that this is the book in the series to come back to. The first two books are good, this is the best. By the end of the series, I'm a little tired of some of the characters. Still, I've read & re-read the entire series at least 5 times.
Elizabeth's review
Once a Hero (Baen Book) by Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth's review
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I've read this book six or seven times now. It is nominally a Space Opera (science fiction) book - there are starships and space battles and made-up technical terms. But the story is really about a woman who suffered a significant childhood trauma, grew up and escaped to the miltary, leaving her past behind her, and learns that it is impossible to ignore your past. You have to learn from it in order to succeed as an adult. Elizabeth Moon wrote seven or eight books in this series and this one, right in the middle, is the one I always pick up. Some of the others aren't very cohesive and one seemed like she had material that exceeded the length acceptable to the publisher so she just put out another book. This one, though, is wonderful. I think this is the first book I ever read that said, life isn't fair and you shouldn't expect it to be, and that you make the best path for yourself, even when it is frightening or difficult. But because this is space opera, a genre that's known fo...more
Esma, her name alone will put her on my to-read list. I've been meaning to read Elizabeth Moon for ten years. g
<whisper> actually it's Esmay. Esmay Suiza. <end whisper>
I agree with Elizabeth that this is the book in the series to come back to. The first two books are good, this is the best. By the end of the series, I'm a little tired of some of the characters. Still, I've read & re-read the entire series at least 5 times.