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This book had me alternately happy and devastated throughout the book. It was definitely a testimonial to human achievement, decency and especially resiliency. I couldn't put it down!
Uncle Vernon really makes the funniest reactions when it comes to witches and wizards. xD
honestly, i had much higher hopes for this book. not quite sure why though, it was written in 1920! and in russian! i liked the way it was written, and it was very fast to read. sometimes it was hard to follow the dialogue, it felt kind of fragmented - but it was written as journal entries. for when it was written, it has great future imagery and the picture it painted of totalitarianism was chilling. the line that sticks with me was something like "when man has no freedom, he has ultimate happiness." basically, the one state has brainwashed people to complete conformity and the people are forced to believe they are happy because they know nothing else. one thing about this future that i like is just registering with the state to have sex with someone. that would make dating so much easier!
Change from my previous comment... "was a complex story". Until the last that is... After 800+ pages of building tension towards either an accidental peace between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven, David Weber chose instead a rather rushed and anti-climatic final battle where destroyed 4 space fleets a couple of semi-major supporting characters and several million unknown crew members from both sides all within a less than tidy 40 page Ultimate Showdown. Probably NOT my most favorite of the "Honorverse" but heck I rode it out through all the previous books to this (one assumes) the closing chapter for Honor Harrington. A happily married threesome with 2 newborns all in the very same >900 page tome? Alexander-Harrington WAS NOT a hyphenated name I needed to read repeatedly for 300+ pages. How very steadholder of her? :)