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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7511987" data-attributes="member: 20564">I finished Uncompromising Honor, the last (*cough*right*cough*) Honor Harrington book, though not the end of the Honorverse.I regularly felt annoyed as they gave large amount of time to characters developed in non-Honor books in the universe that I was expected to both know and care about already.  This book did not stand on it's own at all.And for all that, it left out plenty of core HH characters we did care about, or had them in one ensemble scene to have a few lines and none of their personality.  This was especially true of the well crafted Havenites.  And the whole plot that Haven would have lots of internal pressure against helping the Manties turned into a few lines of concern with one commander, easily addressed off camera.The book is 90% talking heads.  I don't want to spoil the ending, but David Weber pulled punches.  Actually, I do want to spoil the ending but I won't.For all that, I'm still glad I read it, to have some closure for a long series that I have enjoyed over the years.  But it's made me realize that if in a few years I pick up the series to read again, there's a point part way through I can stop and be satisfied....I then went back to Vorkosigan Saga and read Cryoburn.  Enjoyable but not one of the best.  Except for the very end, which is one fo the most pwoerful parts of the entire series.I've now moved onto the last (currently, and chronologically) book, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen.  The first time I read it I was disappointed, this time I'm enjoying it.  Their are two main differences.1.  It's foundation is based on an important reveal of what's been happening for something like 14 books.  First time I read it, it felt like a retcon.  But having just reread the series there were several points during those books that this was true, just not discussed.  (And actually, similar things not discussed had come up because Miles' clone had asked, which makes you realize that Miles wouldn't even have likely been privy to this.)2.  The risk and magnitude is much less than other books.  While explified by the books where Miles is the protagonist, all of the previous books are hyper, and for high stakes.  Even when the stakes are personal.  Here, there are questions - which important path should I follow since they are mutually exclusive - sort of thing, but more sedately and with less life-of-death (or life-or-bachelorhood for A Civil Campaign).But you know, after reading the whole series, getting a gentle pull back into one of my favorite characters, and seeing her have another chance to grow ... that's worth it.</blockquote>

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