Flag in Exile (Honor Harrington, #5) in Beyond Reality

Aug 17, 2009 Nyssa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: action-adventure, science-fiction, military-war, space-opera, 2011-2020, format-electronic, format-paper, speculative-fiction

I enjoyed this 2nd reading much more than I was expecting, given the incredible amount of death and destruction that surrounds Honor from all sides. I wish I'd indicated my rating from the first time I read it, as I know I found it much more depressing than I do now...so I wonder, if my knowing whats going to happen in the next 2 books has tempered my reaction to this one. ...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Kathi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

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Mar 07, 2014 Oni rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, space-opera

Lady Harrington is on exile. Not because of her fault of course, but when you do everything straight, it is guaranteed that you are not going to make everybody happy. So, she is on half-pay (meaning she is stripped from the command), and fortunately the there is a chance to fill in her office in Grayson. So, Grayson it is...

Now, she is involved with all the politics of Grayson. Even though the Masadan conflict is over, there is no guarantee at all that she will meet no opposition. Beside holding ...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Lindsey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, woman-power, ebooks

This is the first of the Honor Harrington books that really exemplifies the rest of the series. Instead of focusing on a single type of storyline, Flag in Exile contains a bit of everything that makes the Honorverse so captivating: political intrigue, space battles, a little mystery, character development, and a look at developments in the larger universe. Weber really hits his stride here and the result is a story that will keep you turning pages as tensions build and are resolved, only to reve ...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

The ending felt slightly tacked on.

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Dec 19, 2011 Marty rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I find weber entertaining but not as good in reread which is where I am.

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Mar 08, 2009 Sandi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi-fantasy-horror-althistory, read-2006

While I think the books in this series are too long and the MC is too good to be true the fun action and planetary politics always draw me in when I pick one up.

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