Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Sep 03, 2009 Awallens rated it liked it

“A splendid series.”
–Anne McCaffrey

“Naomi Novik has done for the Napoleonic Wars what Anne McCaffrey did for science fiction: constructed an alternate reality in which dragons are real in
a saga that is impressively original, fully developed, and peopled with characters you care about.”
–David Weber, author of the Honor Harrington series

After their fateful adventure in China, Capt. Will Laurence of His Majesty’s Aerial Corps and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious
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Jun 18, 2009 Sandy rated it it was amazing

The third book in the Temeraire series, just as fascinating as the first two. This is one of those series where you know you'll be grieving when you finish, but don't slow down because it's so good. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED whether you are interested in dragons or not. Numenon ...more

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Dec 10, 2008 Kati rated it liked it

Shelves: in-czech, fantasy, 2010

Unfortunately, I didn't like this one as much as the previous two. It read more like a diary - we went, we saw, we did, xyz died, we moved on. It was all... told, not felt. I missed the intimacy of the previous books, especially "Throne of Jade" was amazing - it didn't cover as much plot, but more in-depth. In this one, there was too much going on so most of it was told pretty fast with little or no reaction at all from Laurence or Temeraire. What we did get was Temeraire's complaints about how ...more

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Oct 25, 2008 Daphne rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, 2009

I really enjoyed this book. Think it started out a little slowly but picked up. By the last section I didn't want to put it down.

I need to brush up on my history. I'm curious about whether we've veered from actual history at this point in the series. I think we have--as I recall, the...wait, that's a spoiler. Anyway, some things happen in this book that I don't think happened, but I'm very fuzzy on the Napoleonic wars so I could be wrong. ...more

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