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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)

David Weber

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Feb 01, 2010 The Flooze rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: vanquished_2012, owned, sci-fi, canna_do_it_capn_dnf

According to some googling and some calculations (oooo, fractions), I made it through 54% of this book. A search using Amazon's Look Inside feature tells me I got to page 253.

253!

And I still couldn't tell the characters apart.

Okay, that's an exaggeration. I knew who Honor was, and her exec, and...her cat. And maybe one or two others. Weber introduces us to a rather large cast, but he fails to give each personality an individual stamp. I couldn't even describe anyone physically, apart from Honor ...more

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Jan 28, 2010 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it did not like it

Shelves: why-abandoned, other

Couldn't get past the psychic cat thing. Felt like fan fiction. Tried three different times but just was bad bad bad. ...more

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Jan 16, 2015 Delitealex rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, tt4

I really enjoyed this book. I loved Honor she was very strong and stood up for what she believed. I wish some of the other characters were more fleshed out sometimes it was hard to tell one from another. I'm hoping the other characters get better as the series continues. It was interesting trying to figure out what was going to happen next. I loved the action after all of the build-up. I already have the second book in the series and can't wait to find out what's up next for Honor and her new cr ...more

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